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Coin of Dia with head of Zeus

Greek
Hellenistic Period
85–65 B.C.
Mint: Bithynia, Dia

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 7.90 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.1314
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt right; monogram in left field.
Inscription in Greek below.

(Time of Mithradates Eupator, 120-63 B.C.)
ProvenanceBy 1957: Hans von Aulock Collection (von Aulock Sylloge, no. 345); purchased by MFA from Hans von Aulock, September 23, 1964