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Didrachm of Caesarea with head of Nero

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 58–59
Mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 22.5 mm. Weight: 7.44 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.57
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Nero to right. NEROCLAVD.DIVICLAVD.F.CAESARAVG.GERMANI
Reverse: Draped bust of Agrippina right.
AGRIPPINAAVGVSTA. MATERAVGVSTI
ProvenanceBy 1965: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa.; purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art, February 10, 1965