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Coin of Pionia with bust of Faustina II, struck under Rufus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 175–177
Mint: Asia: Troas, Pionia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 13.16 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1982.390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Faustina II to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Artemis standing on pedestal within tetrastyle temple.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Artemis standing on pedestal within tetrastyle temple.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (List No. 2, February, 1982, no. 27); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., June 9, 1982