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Coin of Selinus with bust of Trajan
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 98–117
Mint: Cilicia, Selinus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 23.5 mm. Weight: 9.25 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.933
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Trajan to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Two veiled goddesses standing facing, each holding corn ears in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Two veiled goddesses standing facing, each holding corn ears in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 164a); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963