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Sextans of Paestum with head of Persephone
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 268–89 B.C.
Mint: Lucania, Paestum
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.72 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.845
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone right, crowned with barley.
At left, two pellets.
Reverse: Boar running right.
Below, two pellets and club.
Inscription in Greek above.
At left, two pellets.
Reverse: Boar running right.
Below, two pellets and club.
Inscription in Greek above.
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