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Coin of Apameia with turreted head of Artemis, struck under Attalos and Bianoros
Greek
Late Hellenistic Period
57–53 B.C.
Mint: Phrygia, Apameia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 5.91 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.796
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Turreted head of Artemis to right, with bow and quiver behind her shoulder.
Reverse: Marsyas advancing to right, playing double flute. Cloak flying behind.
Maeander below.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and left.
Reverse: Marsyas advancing to right, playing double flute. Cloak flying behind.
Maeander below.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and left.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 8); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963