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Coin of Corinth with head of Aphrodite, struck under Q. Caecilius Niger and C. Heius Pamphilus
Roman Provincial
Late Republican Period
34–31 B.C.
Mint: Achaea: Peloponnese, Corinth
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 7.54 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2967
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing a necklace, with her hair gathered back and tied.
CO[RINT]
Reverse: Bellerophon on Pegasos right, with spear in right hand, striking at Chimaera to left beneath him.
[Q.]CAECIL.NIGR/C.HIEORPAM Below: IIVIR
CO[RINT]
Reverse: Bellerophon on Pegasos right, with spear in right hand, striking at Chimaera to left beneath him.
[Q.]CAECIL.NIGR/C.HIEORPAM Below: IIVIR
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