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Drachm of Pharsalos with head of Athena
Greek
Classical Period
400–390 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Pharsalos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 5.84 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.778
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0925.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right in crested Athenian helmet with ear pieces and griffin; the hair falls in locks below.
Behind neck: Greek letter theta.
Reverse: In incuse, a youth with petasos and short chiton on horse prancing to right; he holds reins in left hand and raises right hand with whip.
On flank of horse: brandmark.
Inscription in Greek around.
Behind neck: Greek letter theta.
Reverse: In incuse, a youth with petasos and short chiton on horse prancing to right; he holds reins in left hand and raises right hand with whip.
On flank of horse: brandmark.
Inscription in Greek around.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Ferdinand Bompois Collection; 1882: auction of the Ferdinand Bompois Collection, January 16ff., 1882, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, Rue Drouot 5, Paris, France, lot 949 (unillustrated); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 721); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren