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Diobol of Ainos with head of Hermes

Greek
Classical Period
412–365 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Ainos

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 1.30 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.620
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0794.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hermes a little to left of full front, wearing close-fitting cap with beaded border; hair flying loose.
Reverse: In incuse square, a goat to right.
At right, an amphora.
Above, inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren

Regling did not list this piece as Greenwell Collection.