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Tetradrachm of Kos with head of Herakles, struck under Gnosidikos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
300–190 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Kos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 14.33 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1085
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2022.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youthful Herakles in lion's skin to right.
Reverse: In incuse square, a crab above a bow in a case.
Inscriptions in Greek across claws and below crab.
Beaded square border.
Reverse: In incuse square, a crab above a bow in a case.
Inscriptions in Greek across claws and below crab.
Beaded square border.
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.