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Drachm of uncertain mint with two athletes in combat
Greek
Late Archaic or Classical Period
5th century B.C.
Mint: Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 4.21 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1130
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2322.
DescriptionObverse: Two nude men fighting, each with knife in right hand.
At each side hangs an aryballos.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square with beaded border a cuttlefish.
At each side hangs an aryballos.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square with beaded border a cuttlefish.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale of the Whittall Collection, no. 898 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1415); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren