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Coin of Pergamum in alliance with Sardis with Demoi, struck under Cephalion
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 1 (?)
Mint: Asia: Mysia and Ionia, Pergamum and Sardis (Alliance)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 5.00 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.3024
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Demos of Pergamum right crowning Demos of Sardis.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Statue of Augustus, spear in right hand, standing in distyle temple on two steps.
Inscriptions in Greek above and around.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Statue of Augustus, spear in right hand, standing in distyle temple on two steps.
Inscriptions in Greek above and around.
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