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Coin of Anazarbus with bust of Diadumenian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 217–218
Mint: Cilicia, Anazarbus

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 31.5 mm. Weight: 17.89 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.919
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped, cuirassed bust of Diadumenian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Two Nikai confronted, holding shield. Plant below shield, with a Greek letter on either side.
Inscriptions in Greek.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 150); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963