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Tetradrachm of Thasos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 146 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Islands off), Thasos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 16.81 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.193
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0870.
DescriptionObverse: Head of young Dionysos, to right with a broad fillet across the forehead and an ivy wreath in his hair.
Reverse: Nude, youthful Herakles, standing towards left, club held inverted in right hand, lion-skin hung on left arm.
Inscription in Greek around. M in field at left.
Reverse: Nude, youthful Herakles, standing towards left, club held inverted in right hand, lion-skin hung on left arm.
Inscription in Greek around. M in field at left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren