Obverse: Laureate bust of Vespasian to right. Inscription in Greek around. Reverse: Mount Argaeus. Nude radiate figure on summit holds phiale in right hand, sceptre in left. Inscription in Greek around. (see media screen for Greek inscriptions)
Provenance
By date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962, lot 367); purchased at the Woodward auction on behalf of MFA by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; February 13, 1963: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Roman Provincial, Imperial Period, about A.D. 76–77
Mint
Caesarea, Cappadocia
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 6.92 gm. Die Axis: 6
Accession Number
63.73
Medium or Technique
Silver