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Coin with head of Athena
Greek
Late Classical – Hellenistic Periods
ca. 400 B.C. – ca. 241 B.C.
Mint: Troas, Assos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. weight: 7.58 gm. die axis: 12
Credit Line
Gift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession Number84.626
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right, wearing crested helmet wreathed with laurel.
Reverse: Griffin recumbent to left.
In exergue: swan flying to left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Griffin recumbent to left.
In exergue: swan flying to left.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceFrom Assos, sarcophagus 111 (Excavations at Assos, p. 301, note 49); 1884: gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to the Museum of Fine Arts