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1/5 drachm (litra) of Messana with leaping hare
Greek
Early Classical Period
480–460 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Messana (Zankle)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 0.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.465
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0287.
DescriptionObverse: Hare springing to right.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Inscription in Greek, retrograde, in beaded circle.
Round incuse.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Inscription in Greek, retrograde, in beaded circle.
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. 263); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren