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Coin of Hierapolis with bust of Serapis
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
2nd century A.D.
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Hierapolis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 4.80 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.802
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Serapis, wearing a modius, to right.
Reverse: Isis standing front, head left, holds a situla in her left hand, a sistrum in her right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Isis standing front, head left, holds a situla in her left hand, a sistrum in her right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 15); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963