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Coin of Metropolis with bust of Trajan II Decius, struck under Alexander
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 249–251
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Metropolis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35.5 mm. Weight: 18.53 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.810
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tetrastyle temple, within which Cybele seated to left, holding a phiale in her right hand. Lion to left each side of throne. Phiale and three scrolls in pediment.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tetrastyle temple, within which Cybele seated to left, holding a phiale in her right hand. Lion to left each side of throne. Phiale and three scrolls in pediment.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 24); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963