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Hemidrachm of Phokian League, mint of Daulis, with head of bull

Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
500–479 B.C.
Mint: Phokis, Daulis

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.92 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.797
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0963.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bull, full front.
Reverse: In incuse square female head (Artemis) to right, with fillet in hair and plain necklace. Eye facing.
In corners, Greek inscription.
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. 748); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren