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Coin of Aegium with bust of Marcus Aurelius

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 161–180
Mint: Achaea: Peloponnese, Aegium

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 28.5 mm. Weight: 16.70 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.449
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At left, Tyche, standing, with cornucopia on left arm and rudder in lowered right hand. At right, Dionysos Sabazios standing, holding cornucopia on left arm.
Inscription in Greek.

(Note the scanned inscription is missing letters in the exergue on the reverse: ACgamma)
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; May 9, 1962: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. for $ 1,221.00 (this is the total cost for 62.364–62.462)