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Trihemiobol of Thasos with kneeling Silenos
Greek
Classical Period
about 410/409–350 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Islands off), Thasos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 0.96 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.640
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0865.
DescriptionObverse: Nude satyr, bearded, with pointed ears, horse's tail, kneeling to left on left knee, holding kantharos in raised right hand and pressing left hand to sides. At left barley corn.
Reverse: Volute krater in square incuse.
Inscription in Greek at left and right.
Reverse: Volute krater in square incuse.
Inscription in Greek at left and right.
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. 506); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren