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Hexas of Lipara with head of Hephaistos
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
about 350–309 B.C.
Mint: Sicily (Islands off), Lipara
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 12.37 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.691
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hephaistos right.
Reverse: Two pellets.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Two pellets.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: in the collection of an English clergyman (now MFA 65.636-65.870); about 1963: collection purchased at auction in London by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; collection purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 9,1965