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Drachm of Kyrene with youth riding horse, struck under The[upheides?]
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
375–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 4.26 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1326.
DescriptionObverse: Rider in chlamys and with hanging petasos on horse walking to left on a line.
Inscription in Greek around.
Plain border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Inscription in Greek below at left and right.
Plain border inside beaded border.
Inscription in Greek around.
Plain border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Inscription in Greek below at left and right.
Plain border inside beaded border.
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. 1352); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren