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Coin of Peltae with head of Demos as Hercules
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 138–192
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Peltae
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 8.01 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1983.175
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Demos as Herakles in lionskin right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Horseman right, spear in raised left hand.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Horseman right, spear in raised left hand.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (Waddell Auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South, New York, December 9, 1982, lot 396); by 1983: with Jeffrey Spier, P.O. Box 1082, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10101; purchased by MFA from Jeffrey Spier, April 13, 1983