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Coin of Caesarea with bust of Trajan

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 103–111
Mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 24.68 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2636
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Trajan to right. Drapery on neck.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Head of Zeus Ammon to right.
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); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963