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Coin of Thessalonica with bust of Tyche
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
3rd century A.D.
Mint: Macedonia, Thessalonica
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 6.60 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2963
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped, veiled, turreted bust of Tyche to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Kabeiros, head to left, stands holding hammer in left hand, rhyton in right.
At left lighted altar and at right elephant tusk.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Kabeiros, head to left, stands holding hammer in left hand, rhyton in right.
At left lighted altar and at right elephant tusk.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963