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Trihemiobol of Thasos with kneeling Silenos
Greek
Classical Period
410/409–350 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Islands off), Thasos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 0.96 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.641
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0866.
DescriptionObverse: Nude satyr, bearded, with pointed ears, horse's tail, kneeling to right on right knee, head almost full front, holding kantharos in right hand and pressing left hand to side.
Reverse: Volute krater in incuse square
Inscription in Greek left upwards, right downwards.
Reverse: Volute krater in incuse square
Inscription in Greek left upwards, right downwards.
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. 508); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren