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Coin of Sidon with head of Tyche
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 77–78
Mint: Syria, Sidon
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 14.5 mm. Weight: 3.28 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.810
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Tyche right. In front, star in crescent.
Reverse: War galley.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below.
Reverse: War galley.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below.
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