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Obverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right. At right: I. Star divides inscription in Greek. Reverse: Cult statue of Artemis of Perga standing within distyle temple. At left, star, at right, crescent. Uncertain objects (flaming torch?) each side at feet. Around and on...
Provenance
By 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 61); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Roman Provincial, Imperial Period, A.D. 253–268
Mint
Perga, Pamphylia
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 14.93 gm. Die Axis: 1
Accession Number
63.844
Medium or Technique
Bronze