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Coin of Syracuse with head of Zeus Hellenios, struck under Hiketas
Greek
Hellenistic Period
282–278 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 12.05 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.684
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Zeus Hellenios left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eagle to left, on thunderbolt.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eagle to left, on thunderbolt.
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