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20 litra-piece of Syracuse with head of Herakles
Greek
Classical Period
413–387 B.C. (?)
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 1.16 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.533
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0439.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Herakles to left with lion's skin.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with sphendone and ampyx in incuse circle, sunk in incuse square divided in quarters.
Inscription in Greek in the quarters.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with sphendone and ampyx in incuse circle, sunk in incuse square divided in quarters.
Inscription in Greek in the quarters.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 350); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren