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20 litra-piece of Syracuse with head of Herakles

Greek
Classical Period
413–387 B.C. (?)
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 1.16 gm.
Credit Line Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.935
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0438.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Herakles, left, in lion skin.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Within mill-sail incuse head of woman in sakkos, left.
Inscription in Greek on the sails.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; March 24, 1903: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren