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Diobol (?) of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with goose and salamander
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–500 B.C.
Mint: Thrace and Macedonia, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 0.87 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.145
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0611.
DescriptionObverse: Goose standing right, head left, left leg raised.
Above left, a salamander swimming downwards.
Below, a circle with a dot in its center.
Dotted ground line enclosed in plain border.
Reverse: Fourpart incuse square.
Above left, a salamander swimming downwards.
Below, a circle with a dot in its center.
Dotted ground line enclosed in plain border.
Reverse: Fourpart incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren