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Drachm of Argos with head of Hera
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
370–350 B.C.
Mint: Argolis (Peloponnesos), Argos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 5.42 gm.
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number10.247
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1225.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hera right, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes.
Inscription in Greek behind.
Reverse: Diomedes right, wearing chlamys, with sword in right hand palladion in left.
Greek letter between feet. Inscription in Greek around.
Depressed circle.
Inscription in Greek behind.
Reverse: Diomedes right, wearing chlamys, with sword in right hand palladion in left.
Greek letter between feet. Inscription in Greek around.
Depressed circle.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; June 2, 1910: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren