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Coin of Aesernia with head of Hephaistos (Vulcan)
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 263 B.C.
Mint: Samnium, Aesernia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.94 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.637
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hephaistos left, wearing laureate pileus.
At right, tongs.
Inscription.
Reverse: Zeus in biga to right.
Inscription.
At right, tongs.
Inscription.
Reverse: Zeus in biga to right.
Inscription.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: in the collection of an English clergyman (now MFA 65.636-65.870); about 1963: collection purchased at auction in London by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; collection purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 9,1965