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Coin of Ninica-Claudiopolis with bust of Severus Alexander
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 222–235
Mint: Cilicia, Ninica-Claudiopolis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 7.75 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.928
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right.
Inscription partly in Greek letters.
Reverse: Bust of City to right, wearing turreted crown.
Inscription partly in Greek letters.
Inscription partly in Greek letters.
Reverse: Bust of City to right, wearing turreted crown.
Inscription partly in Greek letters.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 161); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963