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Didrachm of Himera with cock, struck under Theron of Akragas
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
482–472 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Himera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 8.48 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.450
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0250.
DescriptionObverse: Cock standing to left.
Traces of inscription (?).
Reverse: Crab.
Round incuse.
Traces of inscription (?).
Reverse: Crab.
Round incuse.
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. 237); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren