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Coin of Tarsus with bust of Herennia Etruscilla

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 249–251
Mint: Cilicia, Tarsus

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 13.19 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.551
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right, wearing stephane.
Crescent behind.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dionysos, standing front, looking right, holds thyrsos in left hand,
kantharos in right hand. Panther to left, below his right hand.
Inscriptions in Greek in field at left and right and around.
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Edward Gans, Numismatic Fine Arts, 10 Rock Lane, Berkeley 8, California; June 6, 1962: purchased by MFA from Edward Gans for $ 295.- (this is the total amount paid for 62.512–62.554).