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Tetradrachm of Rhodes with head of Helios
Greek
Classical Period
408–400 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Rhodes
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 16.62 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1096
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2037.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Helios slightly to right of full front, hair flying loose.
Reverse: In incuse square, rose on stalk with bud at left; at right, erect kerykeion.
Inscription in Greek above.
Reverse: In incuse square, rose on stalk with bud at left; at right, erect kerykeion.
Inscription in Greek above.
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
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.