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Coin of Laodicea with bust of Tyche

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
25–24 B.C.
Mint: Syria, Laodicea

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 9.01 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.808
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Veiled, turreted bust right of Tyche.
Reverse: Tyche to left holding cornucopia and rudder.
Inscriptions in Greek around and at left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: in the collection of an English clergyman (now MFA 65.636-65.870); about 1963: collection purchased at auction in London by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; collection purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 9,1965