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Coin of Pellene with head of Apollo
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
about 370–322 B.C.
Mint: Achaia (Peloponnesos), Pellene
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 4.16 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.840
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Reverse: Within laurel wreath, ram's head.
Monogram.
Reverse: Within laurel wreath, ram's head.
Monogram.
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