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Coin of Rhodes with head of Zeus
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 304–166 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Rhodes
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 5.79 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse: Rose with bud on right.
Inscriptions in Greek in the field.
Reverse: Rose with bud on right.
Inscriptions in Greek in the field.
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