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Coin of Tegea with head of Eileithyia (?)
Greek
Late Classical or Hellenistic Period
370–240 B.C.
Mint: Arkadia (Peloponnesos), Tegea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 4.13 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.765
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Eileithyia (?) left, wearing stephane. Lighted torch over shoulder (?).
Reverse: Athena standing right places head of Medusa in vase held up to her by Sterope.
Inscriptions in Greek.
Reverse: Athena standing right places head of Medusa in vase held up to her by Sterope.
Inscriptions 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