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Coin of Aspendus with bust of Volusian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 251–254
Mint: Pamphylia, Aspendus

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 22.5 mm. Weight: 5.44 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.824
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Volusian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Two wrestlers.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 38); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963