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Coin of Orra with bust of Aphrodite
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 200–89 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Orra
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 4.58 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.650
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing wreath of myrtle (?).
Reverse: Eros advancing right, playing lyre.
At left: series of five dots. At right: ORRA
Reverse: Eros advancing right, playing lyre.
At left: series of five dots. At right: ORRA
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