Coin of Ptolemais as colony, under Nero

Artists

Description

Obv.: laureate head of Nero to r., around Latin inscription Rev.: togate man ploughing with two oxen; behind four vexilla, around Latin inscription

Dimensions

16.38 g

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.