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Coin of Laodicea in alliance with Pergamum with bust of Marcus Aurelius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 161–180
Mint: Asia: Phrygia and Mysia, Laodicea and Pergamum (Alliance)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 37.5 mm. Weight: 23.24 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.245
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus Laodikeos to right and Asklepios, head to left, facing, with their usual attributes.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus Laodikeos to right and Asklepios, head to left, facing, with their usual attributes.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 264); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963