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Drachm of Kingdom of Paionia with head of youth, struck under Patraos

Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
335–315 B.C.
Mint: Paionia (Kingdom)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 2.86 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.651
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0741.
DescriptionObverse: Youthful male head to right with band in short hair.
Reverse: Forepart of boar running right.
Inscription in Greek above; monogram below.
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 coin as Greenwell Collection.