Obverse: an emperor crowned with the laurel. The inscription is difficult to read.
Reverse: a fertility turreted goddess seated on a roc holding a cornucopia with her left hand
Inscription (reverse): COL. DAMC. METPO.
Material: bronze.
Dimensions: diameter: 2.3 cm, thickness .3 cm.
Weight: 11.15 gm.
Era: Classical Antiquity.
Acquired on August 24, 1976 from the antiquary Muṣṭafā Qaysūn.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. ʾAqdam an-Nuqūd ad-Dimašqīyyā wa Namaḏiǧihā fi al-Matḥaf al-Waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XXVI 1976 (pp. 73-98).
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