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Triens of Paestum with head of Dionysos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 268–89 B.C.
Mint: Lucania, Paestum
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 5.64 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.653
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Dionysos right, wearing wreath. At left: four dots and three wheat ears joined (?).
Reverse: Cornucopia. At left: four dots.
At right: inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cornucopia. At left: four dots.
At right: inscription 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