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Drachm (?) of Thasos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 345 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Islands off), Thasos
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 13.5 mm. Weight: 3.89 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.137
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 076.
DescriptionObverse: Vine-wreathed head of young Dionysos to right.
Reverse: Herakles bearded and wearing lion's skin, kneels to right on right knee and draws his bow; in the field at the right, monogram, all in rectangular frame.
Inscription in left field, within frame.
Reverse: Herakles bearded and wearing lion's skin, kneels to right on right knee and draws his bow; in the field at the right, monogram, all in rectangular frame.
Inscription in left field, within frame.
ProvenanceBy 1961: Athens art market; February 8, 1961: purchased by MFA for $ 1,500- (this is the total price for 61.137 and 61.138)