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Coin of Perga with busts of Salonina and Gallienus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–268
Mint: Pamphylia, Perga

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 39 mm. Weight: 26.52 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.48
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Salonina at left facing radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gallienus at right.
Inscriptions in Greek around, between figures, and below.
Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding sceptre in left hand, prize crown in right.
Inscription in Greek around and in exergue.
Reverse doublestruck.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Gerhard Hirsch, Promenadeplatz 10, Munich, Germany (Gerhard Hirsch auction 37, December 10-11, 1963, lot 620); purchased by MFA from Gerhard Hirsch, February 12, 1964