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Didrachm of Kos with head of Herakles, struck under Nikon
Greek
Hellenistic Period
300–190 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Kos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 6.20 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1087
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2024.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youthful Herakles in lion's skin to right.
Reverse: In circular depression, a crab above a club.
Inscriptions in Greek above the crab and below the club.
Beaded square border.
Reverse: In circular depression, a crab above a club.
Inscriptions in Greek above the crab and below the club.
Beaded square border.
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. 1191); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren