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Distater of Thourioi (Thurium) with head of Athena
Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Lucania, Thourioi (Thurium)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 15.94 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.365
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0143.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena right in crested Athenian helmet; on the helmet Skylla with her left hand raised; hair on Athena's temple with loose ends.
Inscription in Greek behind neckpiece.
Reverse: Bull butting right on groundline, head in profile.
Fish to right below.
Inscription in Greek above bull.
Inscription in Greek behind neckpiece.
Reverse: Bull butting right on groundline, head in profile.
Fish to right below.
Inscription in Greek above bull.
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. 108); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren