Diobol of Auriol Hoard Class with head of Athena (?)

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Diobol of Auriol Hoard Class with head of Athena (?)

Greek

Late Archaic or Classical Period

500–450 B.C. or later

Mint: Gaul (Auriol Hoard Class)

Medium/Technique Silver

Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 1.29 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1235

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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0011.

DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena (?) left with helmet (?) without crest, across bowl of which, dotted line between two plain lines; dotted hair; dotted round earring.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.

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. 1376); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren