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Coin of Tarsos with bust of Tyche

Greek
Hellenistic Period or later
about 164 B.C. or later
Mint: Cilicia, Tarsos

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 12.63 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.937
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped, veiled, turreted bust of Tyche to right.
In field, Greek letter delta.
Reverse: Monument with garlanded base on which is pyramidal structure containing Sandan standing right on animal between two altars. Eagle with wings spread on top of pyramid.
Three monograms at left. Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 167); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963