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Coin of Side in alliance with Perga with bust of Tranquillina
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Pamphylia, Side and Perga (Alliance)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 11.81 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Mary B. Comstock
Accession Number66.849
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Tranquillina wearing stephane to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At left Athena of Side, left hand on spear, stands with right hand extended over altar dropping incense.
At right Artemis of Perga, radiate and holding long torch in left hand, right hand above flaming altar. Above, pomegranate.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At left Athena of Side, left hand on spear, stands with right hand extended over altar dropping incense.
At right Artemis of Perga, radiate and holding long torch in left hand, right hand above flaming altar. Above, pomegranate.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1966: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Special Bulletin, no. 51); October 4, 1966: purchased from Hesperia Art for MFA by Mary B. Comstock; gift of Mary B. Comstock to MFA, October 11, 1966