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Didrachm of Athens with head of Athena
Greek
Late Archaic Period
475–465 B.C.
Mint: Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 8.54 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.384
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1062.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Athenian helmet decorated with a palmette spray and three upright olive-leaves.
Reverse: Owl standing to right, head facing and tilted slightly left.
Behind, in upper corner, an olive-spray.
Inscription in Greek in lower corner.
The whole in incuse square within an incuse circle.
Reverse: Owl standing to right, head facing and tilted slightly left.
Behind, in upper corner, an olive-spray.
Inscription in Greek in lower corner.
The whole in incuse square within an incuse circle.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)