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Coin of Synnada with bust of Tyche, struck under Timoth[...]
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 133 B.C.
Mint: Phrygia, Synnada
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.69 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.815
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Turreted bust of Tyche to right.
Reverse: Zeus, standing towards the left, wearing himation over left shoulder and around waist, holds thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus, standing towards the left, wearing himation over left shoulder and around waist, holds thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 29); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963