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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
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Herakles right.
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