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Coin of Erythrai with head of Herakles
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 300–200 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Erythrai
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 3.26 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.783
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Herakles right.
Reverse: Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: 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