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Drachm of Klazomenai with head of Apollo, struck under Klearistos

Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
360–300 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Klazomenai

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 4.00 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1007
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1872.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo laureate to left of full front, hair flying loose.
Chlamys at neck.
Reverse: Swan standing to left with wings raised and head lowered.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904

Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.