1 Drachm from Edessa, Mesopotamia | Yale University Art Gallery

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Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 2.99 g, 6:00, 17 mm
Credit Line: Ruth Elizabeth White Fund
Accession Number: 2004.6.261
Geography: Made in Edessa, Mesopotamia
Culture: Roman
Period: 2nd century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: FAVSTINA - SEBASTH [Gk.] Bust of Faustina II draped r., hair drawn back in jewelled bun.

Reverse Description: YPER NIKHS TON KVRION [Gk.] Two infants seated on cushion of throne with square back.

Provenance

Müller, to November 2, 1986; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1986–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, drachmas

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