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Coin of Tarsos with head of Tyche
Greek
Hellenistic Period or later
about 164 B.C. or later
Mint: Cilicia, Tarsos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.50 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.802
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Tyche right.
Reverse: Monument of Sandan with garlanded base on which is pyramid containing Sandan standing on animal to right between two small altars. On top of pyramid, eagle with wings spread.
Inscriptions in Greek.
Reverse: Monument of Sandan with garlanded base on which is pyramid containing Sandan standing on animal to right between two small altars. On top of pyramid, eagle with wings spread.
Inscriptions in Greek.
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