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Coin of Syracuse with head of Persephone, struck under Agathokles
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
about 317–310 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 16.5 mm. Weight: 3.11 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.680
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone to left, wearing earring, necklace and barley wreath.
At right, poppy-head. At left, dolphin.
Reverse: Bull butting left.
Monogram and Greek letter above. Inscription in Greek below.
At right, poppy-head. At left, dolphin.
Reverse: Bull butting left.
Monogram and Greek letter above. Inscription in Greek below.
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