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Hemidrachm of Cyrenaica with bust of Trajan

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 100
Mint: Cyrenaica

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 15.5 mm. Weight: 1.66 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.86
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Trajan to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Bust of Zeus Ammon right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962, lot 386); purchased at the Woodward auction on behalf of MFA by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963