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Coin of Amorium with bust of Vespasian, struck under L. Antonius Longinus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 69–79
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Amorium
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 7.17 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.241
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Vespasian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eagle sitting to left on an animal's leg.
Inscription in Greek.
Magistrate is Lucius Antonius Longinus.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eagle sitting to left on an animal's leg.
Inscription in Greek.
Magistrate is Lucius Antonius Longinus.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 260); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963