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Coin of Koinon of Galatia with bust of Trajan, struck under Pomponius Bassus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 98–117
Mint: Galatia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 18.51 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2633
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Trajan to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Hexastyle temple of Rome and Augustus at Ancyra.
Patera in pediment.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Hexastyle temple of Rome and Augustus at Ancyra.
Patera in pediment.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962, lot 165, partial); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963