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Coin of Iulia Ipsus with bust of Cornelia Supera, struck under Philotimus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 252–253
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Iulia Ipsus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 10.65 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1986.74
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Diademed, draped bust of Cornelia Supera to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cybele seated left on high-backed throne, phiale in extended right hand and scepter-staff in left.
Lions seated either side of footstool.
Inscriptions In Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cybele seated left on high-backed throne, phiale in extended right hand and scepter-staff in left.
Lions seated either side of footstool.
Inscriptions In Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1985, Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Bethesda, MD [see note]; 1986, sold by Waddell, Ltd. to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 1986)
NOTE: Waddell List 20 (October 1985), no. 32.
NOTE: Waddell List 20 (October 1985), no. 32.