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Drachm of Tabai with head of Herakles
Greek
Hellenistic Period
1st century B.C.
Mint: Caria, Tabai
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 3.51 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.645
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 194.
DescriptionObverse: Bearded head of Herakles to right.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Homonoia (?) standing on short ground line, head to left, holds patera in right hand, cornucopia in left.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields, downwards.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Homonoia (?) standing on short ground line, head to left, holds patera in right hand, cornucopia in left.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields, downwards.
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin 16, no. 47); 1962: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; September 19, 1962: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., for $ 50- (total price for 62.639–62.655 = $ 2300-)