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1/4 obol of Thebes with Boiotian shield
Greek
Archaic or Early Classical Period
550–480 B.C.
Mint: Boiotia (Federal Coinage), Thebes
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 mm. Weight: 0.28 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.236
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0987.
DescriptionObverse: Boiotian shield.
Reverse: Initial of ethnic within incuse square.
Reverse: Initial of ethnic within incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren