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Didrachm of Selinos with parsley leaf
Greek
Archaic Period
about 540–515 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Selinos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 8.48 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.108
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0317.
DescriptionObverse: Wild parsley leaf; on either side of stem a globule.
Reverse: Incuse square of ten divisions, some raised, others sunk.
Reverse: Incuse square of ten divisions, some raised, others sunk.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren