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Coin of Elis with head of Zeus
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 191 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 5.03 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.756
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse: Olive wreath, within which: inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Olive wreath, within which: inscription in Greek.
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