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Title
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Shekel Coin
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Description
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Obverse: Man riding right on hippocamp, reins in one hand, strung bow in other. Below him in the water is a dolphin.
Reverse: Owl stands facing forward, with a crook and flail behind him, and "IIIIO" to the right.
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Date Issued
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350–310 BCE
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Format
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Weight: 8.82 g
Diameter: 21.5 mm
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Medium
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Silver
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Creator
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Tyre (modern Sur, Lebanon)
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Publisher
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
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Identifier
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66.5
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Provenance
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Walter Niggeler Collection until 1965; by 1965: with Bank Leu & Co. AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (auction of the Walter Niggeler Collection, pt. 1, Malzgasse 25, Basel, December 3-4, 1965, lot 487); January 12, 1966: purchased by MFA from Bank Leu & Co., AG
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Contributor
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Jennifer Bloemeke
