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Obol (1/10 stater) of Kyrene with head of Zeus Ammon, struck under Magas
Greek
Hellenistic Period
308–277 B.C. or later
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 mm. Weight: 0.71 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1342.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus Ammon to right with ram's horn.
Reverse: Thunderbolt between two eight-rayed stars.
Reverse: Thunderbolt between two eight-rayed stars.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1366); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren