1 1/2 obols (?) of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with kneeling Silenos – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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1 1/2 obols (?) of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with kneeling Silenos

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1 1/2 obols (?) of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with kneeling Silenos

Greek

Late Archaic Period

510–500 B.C.

Mint: Thrace and Macedonia, Uncertain

Medium/Technique Silver

Dimensions Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 0.90 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.698

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0606.

DescriptionObverse: Silenos kneeling right on right knee, nude, bearded, with long dotted hair, horse's tail and hooves; right arm drawn back with open hand; left hand resting on thigh.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse.

Provenance

September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren

Not listed as Greenwell collection by Regling