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Coin of Samos with bust of Tranquillina
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Asia: Ionia (Islands off), Samos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 29.5 mm. Weight: 10.22 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number67.886
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Tranquillina wearing stephane right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Androklos charging to right with spear toward boar emerging from rocks.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Androklos charging to right with spear toward boar emerging from rocks.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1961: with Glendining and Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction 12 of the R. Cyril Lockett Collection, Feb. 21-23, 1961, lot 3091 [partial; as ex Brand Collection]); purchased at the Lockett auction by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, September 13, 1967