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Tetradrachm of Antioch (?) with bust of Vespasian
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 69–70
Mint: Syria, Antioch (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 14.67 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.160
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Vespasian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Laureate bust of Titus to right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in right field.
Date=Year 2 (69/70)
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Laureate bust of Titus to right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in right field.
Date=Year 2 (69/70)
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art, Bulletin XII, no. 72); March 8, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 140.00.