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Coin of Hyrgaleis with bust of Senate
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 222
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Hyrgaleis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 5.63 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.545
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Filleted, draped bust of Senate right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tyche standing, looking left, holds rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left.
Inscription in Greek.
(The illegible M should probably be read as a T, dating the coin to A.D. 222.)
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tyche standing, looking left, holds rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left.
Inscription in Greek.
(The illegible M should probably be read as a T, dating the coin to A.D. 222.)
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Edward Gans, Numismatic Fine Arts, 10 Rock Lane, Berkeley 8, California (said to be ex Staatl. Münzkabinett, Berlin, 1934); June 6, 1962: purchased by MFA from Edward Gans for $ 295.- (this is the total amount paid for 62.512–62.554).