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Drachm of Tabai with head of Dionysos, struck under Kettas (?)
Greek
Hellenistic or Imperial Period
81–1 B.C.
Mint: Caria, Tabai
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 3.42 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5602
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1993.
DescriptionObverse: Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing an ivy wreath, and a band across the forehead.
Reverse: Homonoia wearing a kalathos on her head, and a long chiton, standing to left, holding a patera in her extended right hand, and a cornucopia in her left.
At left and right inscriptions in Greek.
Reverse: Homonoia wearing a kalathos on her head, and a long chiton, standing to left, holding a patera in her extended right hand, and a cornucopia in her left.
At left and right inscriptions in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)