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Coin of Naxos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Classical Period
about 413–404 B.C.
Mint: Naxos (Aegean Islands)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 1.35 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.858
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Dionysos, wearing ivy-wreath, left.
Reverse: Kantharos.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Kantharos.
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