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Drachm of Thasos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Classical Period
410/409–350 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Islands off), Thasos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 14.67 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.636
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0863.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Dionysos to left, unbearded, with ivy wreath.
Reverse: In incuse square Herakles, bearded, kneeling to right on right knee with lion's skin, shooting with bow and arrow.
At left inscription in Greek.
At right below, a lyre.
Square raised border line.
Reverse: In incuse square Herakles, bearded, kneeling to right on right knee with lion's skin, shooting with bow and arrow.
At left inscription in Greek.
At right below, a lyre.
Square raised border line.
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. 501); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren