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3/8 obol of Athens with head of Athena
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
393–300 B.C.
Mint: Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 mm. Weight: 0.25 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.840
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1095.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right in crested Athenian helmet.
Reverse: In incuse square a kalathos.
At left, Greek inscription.
Reverse: In incuse square a kalathos.
At left, Greek inscription.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.