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Coin of Aspendus with bust of Maximinus I Thrax
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 235–238
Mint: Pamphylia, Aspendus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 11.21 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.823
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Maximinus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Asklepios standing front, head to left, himation draped from left shoulder over body, holds serpent-staff in right hand.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Asklepios standing front, head to left, himation draped from left shoulder over body, holds serpent-staff in right hand.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 37); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963