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Coin of Olbasa with head of Antoninus Pius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 138–161
Mint: Pisidia, Olbasa
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 9.14 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.221
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Antonius Pius to right.
IMPE ANTONINVS
Reverse: Head of Augustus to right.
AVGVSTVS OLBASENORVM
IMPE ANTONINVS
Reverse: Head of Augustus to right.
AVGVSTVS OLBASENORVM
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XX, no. 116); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963