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Coin of Rhegion with head of Apollo

Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 270–203 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Rhegion

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 23.5 mm. Weight: 7.98 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.666
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Apollo to left. At right, cornucopia.
Reverse: Tripod.
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