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Coin of Methymna (?) with head of Hera
Greek
Late Classical or Hellenistic Period
about 330–280 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Methymna (?)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 5.05 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.853
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hera, wearing stephane, to right.
Reverse: Thunderbolt.
Bunch of grapes below.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Thunderbolt.
Bunch of grapes below.
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