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Didrachm of Caria with head of Apollo, struck under Pixodaros
Greek
Late Classical Period
340–334 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Satrapy), Halikarnassos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 6.91 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1075
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2007.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo laureate slightly to right of full front, chlamys at neck.
Reverse: Zeus advancing to right on line, sceptre in left hand, double axe in right hand on right shoulder; he wears a chiton and himation.
Inscription in Greek at right with part of a second strike of the inscription nearer the rim of the coin.
Reverse: Zeus advancing to right on line, sceptre in left hand, double axe in right hand on right shoulder; he wears a chiton and himation.
Inscription in Greek at right with part of a second strike of the inscription nearer the rim of the coin.
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.