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Oktobol of Syracuse with head of Persephone, struck under Pyrrhos of Epiros
Greek
Hellenistic Period
278–275 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 5.70 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.791
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0472.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone to left crowned with stalks of grain, below which the hair falls free.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Athena stands to left seen partly from behind, with crested helmet, spear in raised right hand, and shield (on which is a Gorgoneion) on left arm.
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Athena stands to left seen partly from behind, with crested helmet, spear in raised right hand, and shield (on which is a Gorgoneion) on left arm.
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling does not list as Greenwell.
Regling does not list as Greenwell.