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Double shekel of Libya with head of Zeus
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 241–200 B.C.
Mint: Libya
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 12.33 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.1193
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome, Photography
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 327.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Zeus left.
Inscription in Greek at left. To right: Phoenician "men".
Reverse: Bull with lowered head charging right.
Above, Phoenician "men"; border of dots.
Inscription in Greek between hind legs and in exergue.
(see media screen for inscriptions)
Inscription in Greek at left. To right: Phoenician "men".
Reverse: Bull with lowered head charging right.
Above, Phoenician "men"; border of dots.
Inscription in Greek between hind legs and in exergue.
(see media screen for inscriptions)
ProvenanceBy 1954: with Adolph Hess A.G., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 14, 1954, lot 206); by 1959: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin III, no. 69); December 13, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 300.-