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Coin of Seleucia-ad-Calycadnum with bust of Trebonianus Gallus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 251–253
Mint: Cilicia, Seleucia-ad-Calycadnum
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 38.5 mm. Weight: 24.93 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2623
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Laureate, draped bust of Apollo to right facing draped bust of Tyche, wearing kalathos, to left. Branch in front of Apollo; cornucopia behind Tyche.
Inscriptions in Greek in field above, below, and around.
Doublestruck.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Laureate, draped bust of Apollo to right facing draped bust of Tyche, wearing kalathos, to left. Branch in front of Apollo; cornucopia behind Tyche.
Inscriptions in Greek in field above, below, and around.
Doublestruck.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward auction by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963