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Drachm of Thasos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Classical Period
410/409–350 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Islands off), Thasos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 3.74 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.191
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0860.
DescriptionObverse: Head of a bearded Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath.
Plain border.
Reverse: Herakles kneeling on right knee, shooting to right, wearing lion skin and chiton.
In front of him a fly or cicada to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Incuse square. Square border, plain, around the design and inscription.
Plain border.
Reverse: Herakles kneeling on right knee, shooting to right, wearing lion skin and chiton.
In front of him a fly or cicada to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Incuse square. Square border, plain, around the design and inscription.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren