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Diobol of Paphos with standing bull, struck under Stasandros
Greek
Classical Period
450 B.C.
Mint: Cyprus, Paphos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 1.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1156
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2141.
DescriptionObverse: Bull standing to left.
Above, winged solar disk (off flan).
Border of dots.
Reverse: In incuse square, an eagle standing to left, wings closed.
Above at right, an ivy leaf downwards; below at left, a one-handled vase.
Possible traces of inscription at left.
Above, winged solar disk (off flan).
Border of dots.
Reverse: In incuse square, an eagle standing to left, wings closed.
Above at right, an ivy leaf downwards; below at left, a one-handled vase.
Possible traces of inscription at left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1279); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren