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Didrachm of Segesta with hound
Greek
Classical Period
415–409 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Segesta
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 8.63 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.107
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0316.
DescriptionObverse: Hound standing to right, nose to ground, tail lowered, left fore- and hindlegs raised; without collar.
In background, stalk with three ears of grain.
Inscription in Greek in exergue, within an oblong frame.
Plain border.
Reverse: Head of nymph Segesta to right,hair on temple and forehead looped, rolled at back.
Inscription in Greek.
In background, stalk with three ears of grain.
Inscription in Greek in exergue, within an oblong frame.
Plain border.
Reverse: Head of nymph Segesta to right,hair on temple and forehead looped, rolled at back.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren