Coin of Neapolis under Marcus Aurelius

Artists

Description

Obv.: head of Marcus Aurelius, r., bareheaded, around Greek inscription Rev.: Zeus Heliopolites standing facing, flanked by foreparts of two bulls, holding in raised r. hand a whip and in extended l. two ears of grain, around Greek inscription, in field date

Dimensions

11 g 2.5 cm (1 in.)

Provenance

Hirsh Zvi Griliches, Cambridge, MA (before 1999); [1] to Diane Asséo Griliches, his wife, (1999-2008), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008. Notes: [1] Hirsh Zvi Griliches (1930-1999) acquired the work at an unknown date before his death in 1999.