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Coin of Kyme with head of Amazon Kyme
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 250–190 B.C.
Mint: Aeolis, Kyme
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 8.20 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.778
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Amazon Kyme right, hair rolled and bound.
Reverse: Horse right, left foreleg raised above vase.
Below horse: monogram.
Inscriptions in Greek above and in exergue.
Reverse: Horse right, left foreleg raised above vase.
Below horse: monogram.
Inscriptions in Greek above and in exergue.
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