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Didrachm of Miletos with head of Apollo, struck under Mnesitheos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
300–250 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Miletos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 6.73 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1035
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1889.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo laureate to left, long hair.
Reverse: Lion standing to left, on line, head to right.
Above, eight pointed star.
Monogram at left and inscription in Greek below.
Reverse: Lion standing to left, on line, head to right.
Above, eight pointed star.
Monogram at left and inscription in Greek 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.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.