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Hemidrachm of the Ainianoi (Aenianes) with head of Zeus
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
300 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Hypata (?) (the Ainianoi)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 2.69 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.749
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0871.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Poseidon laureate to left; long flowing hair.
Reverse: Warrior hastening to left and looking back, sword at his side, spear in right hand, shield in left hand and chlamys on left arm.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Warrior hastening to left and looking back, sword at his side, spear in right hand, shield in left hand and chlamys on left arm.
Inscription in Greek at left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.