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Coin of Sagalassus with bust of Volusian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 251–254
Mint: Pisidia, Sagalassus

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 16.71 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.559
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Volusian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Man standing front, head right, right hand on own head, left hand grasping by its right horn a bull standing right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and below.
ProvenanceBy 1965: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., May 12, 1965