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Coin of Seleukeia-on-the-Kalykadnos with bust of Athena
Greek
Hellenistic Period
2nd–1st century B.C.
Mint: Cilicia, Seleukeia-on-the-Kalykadnos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 23.5 mm. Weight: 7.27 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.931
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Athena to right wearing necklace and crested Corinthian helmet.
At left, inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Nike advancing left; wreath in right hand.
Around and below wreath, inscriptions in Greek.
At left, inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Nike advancing left; wreath in right hand.
Around and below wreath, inscriptions in Greek.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 163); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963