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Coin of Cidrama with bust of Nero, struck under Polemo
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 50–54
Mint: Asia: Caria, Cidrama
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 6.22 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.232
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Nero to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Cult statue of Aphrodite, resembling the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Cult statue of Aphrodite, resembling the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 251); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963