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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
NOT ON VIEW
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.