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Didrachm of Kyme with head of Kyme
Greek
Classical Period
about 420–385 B.C.
Mint: Campania, Kyme (Cumae)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.31 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.96
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0027.
DescriptionObverse: Head of nymph Kyme to right with hair on forehead rolled, on crown and at back in series of rolls bound several times with taenia.
Reverse: Mussel shell; barley-corn horizontally to right.
Inscription around, in retrograde.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Mussel shell; barley-corn horizontally to right.
Inscription around, in retrograde.
Border of dots.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)