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Coin of Nicaea with bust of Caracalla
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 198–217
Mint: Bithynia, Nicaea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 26.60 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1983.6
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, right.
At left, counterstamp: Victory.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Emperor enthroned left, prize crown in right hand, vase in front of him.
Inscriptions in Greek around, on throne, and in exergue.
At left, counterstamp: Victory.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Emperor enthroned left, prize crown in right hand, vase in front of him.
Inscriptions in Greek around, on throne, and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, N.Y., December 9, 1982, lot 111); purchased at Waddell auction 1 on behalf of MFA by Jeffrey Spier, P.O. Box 1082, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10101; purchased by MFA from Jeffrey Spier, January 12, 1983