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Drachm of Himera with rooster
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530–515 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Himera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 5.68 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.449
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0249.
DescriptionObverse: Rooster standing to right in circle of dots.
Reverse: Incuse square divided into eight triangles, every second one depressed.
Edge of square depressed with crosslines.
Reverse: Incuse square divided into eight triangles, every second one depressed.
Edge of square depressed with crosslines.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 235); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren