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100 litra-piece of Syracuse with head of Apollo, struck under Dionysios I and II
Greek
Classical Period
375–345 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 6.64 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.119
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0446.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to left.
Behind: a lyre (?).
Inscription in Greek at left.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head of Artemis Soteira, to right with earring and necklace of beads, diadem, hair fastened in a roll behind. At her neck hangs her quiver, behind this a lyre.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Border of dots.
Behind: a lyre (?).
Inscription in Greek at left.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head of Artemis Soteira, to right with earring and necklace of beads, diadem, hair fastened in a roll behind. At her neck hangs her quiver, behind this a lyre.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Border of dots.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren