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Coin of Philomelion with bust of Mên, struck under [Sk]ythino[...]
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 133 B.C.
Mint: Phrygia, Philomelion
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.08 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.813
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap, laureate?.
Crescent behind shoulders.
Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, resting his left hand on a sceptre.
Inscription in Greek.
Crescent behind shoulders.
Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, resting his left hand on a sceptre.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 26); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963