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Coin of Peparethos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Classical or Hellenistic Period
400–200 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly (Islands off), Peparethos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 14.5 mm. Weight: 2.03 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.870
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Dionysos right, crowned with ivy.
Reverse: Kantharos, wreathed with vine-branch.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Kantharos, wreathed with vine-branch.
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