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Coin of Anazarbus with bust of Herennia Etruscilla
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 250–251
Mint: Cilicia, Anazarbus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 29.5 mm. Weight: 15.69 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.921
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Etruscilla to right, wearing stephane.
Crescent behind shoulders.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dionysos reclining to left, head right, on panther lying right, head left. He holds thyrsos in left hand.
Greek letter in field at left and right. Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Crescent behind shoulders.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dionysos reclining to left, head right, on panther lying right, head left. He holds thyrsos in left hand.
Greek letter in field at left and right. Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963