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Coin of Leukas with bust of Herakles
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 168 B.C.
Mint: Akarnania (Islands off), Leukas
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 3.36 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.725
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Herakles, wearing lion-skin, to right.
Reverse: Within oak wreath, club.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below. Monogram below.
Reverse: Within oak wreath, club.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below. Monogram below.
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