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Coin of Hierapolis with bust of Gerousia
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 211–217 and later (?)
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Hierapolis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 22.5 mm. Weight: 5.93 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.803
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, veiled bust of Gerousia to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus Laodikeus, in long chiton and himation, standing looking to left, holds an eagle on his right hand and a sceptre in his left.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus Laodikeus, in long chiton and himation, standing looking to left, holds an eagle on his right hand and a sceptre in his left.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 16); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963