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Coin of Bizya with bust of Philip I
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 244–249
Mint: Thrace, Bizya
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 14.88 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.208
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Philip I to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo standing facing, head to left, holds laurel branch in right hand, left extended over serpent coiled around an egg (?).
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo standing facing, head to left, holds laurel branch in right hand, left extended over serpent coiled around an egg (?).
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XX, no. 98); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963