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Drachm of Taras (Tarentum) with head of Athena, struck under Neumenios
Greek
Hellenistic Period
281–272 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 3.23 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.332
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0085.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right. in crested Athenian helmet, on bowl of which Skylla hurling stone with raised right arm; left outstretched; hair long; pointed earring.
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, wings closed.
In right field, olive twig upward.
Inscription in Greek in upper left and right fields.
Round incuse.
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, wings closed.
In right field, olive twig upward.
Inscription in Greek in upper left and right fields.
Round incuse.
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. 56); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren