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Diobol of Akanthos with head of Athena
Greek
Archaic or Early Classical Period
520–470 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Akanthos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 1.20 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.657
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0523.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right, with crested Attic helmet, hair on forehead and neck in dotted lines; round earring, plain necklace; dotted truncation.
Reverse: Fourpart incuse square, surfaces irregularly granulated.
Reverse: Fourpart incuse square, surfaces irregularly granulated.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling did not list this as Greenwell Collection.
Regling did not list this as Greenwell Collection.