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Coin of Aphytis with head of Zeus Ammon
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 168 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Aphytis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 8.98 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.707
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus Ammon right.
Reverse: Eagle, with wings closed, to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eagle, with wings closed, to right.
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