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Coin of Chios with seated sphinx, struck under Chiron
Greek
Hellenistic Period
190–88 B.C.
Mint: Ionia (Islands off), Chios
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 17.5 mm. Weight: 3.60 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.788
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Sphinx seated left.
Reverse: Amphora.
Inscription in Greek.
Overstruck on an earlier (?) coin of Chios with traces of sphinx on obverse and vine wreath on reverse.
Reverse: Amphora.
Inscription in Greek.
Overstruck on an earlier (?) coin of Chios with traces of sphinx on obverse and vine wreath on reverse.
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