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Coin of Athens with head of Athena
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 117–192
Mint: Achaea: Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 7.21 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.66
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Reverse: Acropolis seen from the North with Parthenon on left, Propylaea at right, statue of Athena Parthenos in center. At right, flight of steps up to Propylaea. Seated figure of Pan in grotto in side of rock.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Acropolis seen from the North with Parthenon on left, Propylaea at right, statue of Athena Parthenos in center. At right, flight of steps up to Propylaea. Seated figure of Pan in grotto in side of rock.
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 (Glendining & Co. Ltd., auction of A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962, lot 147); purchased at the Woodward sale on behalf of MFA by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963