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Didrachm of Kos with head of Herakles, struck under Ag[...] (or Ap[...])
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
366–300 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Kos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 6.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1084
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2020.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Herakles to right in lion's skin.
Reverse: Female head to left with veil over head.
Inscriptions in Greek below and at right.
Reverse: Female head to left with veil over head.
Inscriptions in Greek below and at right.
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.
purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.