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Drachm of Maroneia with forepart of horse, struck under Athe[...]
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
ca. 495/90-449/48 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Maroneia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 3.38 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.624
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0807.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of horse, springing to left; triple line where body stops, the middle one beaded.
Round knobs, one below, one above the horse's neck.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square, a ram's head to left in dotted square.
Below head, inscription in Greek.
Round knobs, one below, one above the horse's neck.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square, a ram's head to left in dotted square.
Below head, inscription in Greek.
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. 491); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren