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Coin of Klazomenai with head of Athena, struck under Metrodoros

Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
about 387–300 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Klazomenai

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 4.35 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.781
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena right.
Reverse: Ram recumbent right.
Inscriptions in Greek above and 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