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Hemidrachm of Ionia (?) with seated sphinx
Greek
Archaic Period
Early 5th century B.C.
Mint: Ionia (?), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 2.12 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1263
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2324.
DescriptionObverse: Sphinx with curled wings seated to right.
Reverse: In incuse circle Gorgoneion with tongue protruding and snaky locks.
Reverse: In incuse circle Gorgoneion with tongue protruding and snaky locks.
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. 1411); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren