Didrachm of Halikarnassos (?) with head of lion

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Didrachm of Halikarnassos (?) with head of lion

Greek

Archaic Period

early 6th century B.C.

Mint: Caria (?), Halikarnassos (?)

Medium/Technique Silver

Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 12.34 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1254

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2307.

DescriptionObverse: Head of lion to left, tongue protruding.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, surface irregular.

ProvenanceFrom a hoard found in the Cyclades in 1889 (?) (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1396); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren