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Coin of Etenna with maenad holding snake
Greek
Late Hellenistic or Imperial Period
1st century B.C.
Mint: Pisidia, Etenna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 2.58 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.800
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Maenad (?) advancing right and holding snake.
Behind her, oinochoe (?)
Reverse: Knife with curved blade.
Inscription in Greek.
Behind her, oinochoe (?)
Reverse: Knife with curved blade.
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