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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: 14 mm. Weight: 4.28 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.374
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 078.
DescriptionObverse: Vine-wreathed head of the young Dionysos to the left, corkscrew curls falling down behind.
Reverse: Herakles, bearded and wearing lion's skin, kneels to right on right knee and draws his bow, club against his left knee; in the field at the right, Greek letter, all in rectangular frame.
Inscription in left field, upwards.
Reverse: Herakles, bearded and wearing lion's skin, kneels to right on right knee and draws his bow, club against his left knee; in the field at the right, Greek letter, all in rectangular frame.
Inscription in left field, upwards.
ProvenanceBy 1961: on the art market in Athens; May 10, 1961: purchased by MFA for $ 2500-.