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Distater of Dikaia with head of Herakles
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 490–480 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Dikaia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 18.93 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.577
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 071.
DescriptionObverse: Head of archaic, bearded Herakles to right, wearing a lion's skin.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Euripides Sepheriades, Geneva, Switzerland; June 6, 1962: purchased by MFA from Euripides Sepheriades for $ 3000.00