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50 litra-piece of Syracuse with head of Apollo, struck under Dionysios I and II

Greek
Classical Period
375–345 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 3.48 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.396
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0447.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo laureate and with long hair, profile to left.
In field a bow, behind the head.
Reverse: A large tripod.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceCat. Sotheby, Montagu, 1897, no. 80.
(Montagu sale, 2nd portion, No. 80.)
By date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)