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Coin of Smyrna with bust of Zeus Akraios

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 230
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Smyrna

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 3.21 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.1107
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Zeus Akraios to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Lion walking to right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 18, 1963