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Coin of Athens with head of Athena
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 330–322 B.C.
Mint: Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 15.5 mm. Weight: 2.63 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.738
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena right.
Reverse: Within olive wreath, two owls facing, on thunderbolt.
Inscription in Greek below.
Reverse: Within olive wreath, two owls facing, on thunderbolt.
Inscription in Greek below.
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