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Hemidrachm of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with forepart of horse
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Mint: Thrace and Macedonia, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12.5 mm. Weight: 2.03 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.45
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 048.
DescriptionObverse: Protome of a horse to right, bridled; truncation dotted.
Beneath, flower.
Reverse: Goat to left, head raised, kneeling on left forefoot.
Irregular incuse.
Beneath, flower.
Reverse: Goat to left, head raised, kneeling on left forefoot.
Irregular incuse.
ProvenanceBy 1958: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen List 185, November/December 1958, no. 356); February 12, 1959: purchased by MFA from Munzen und Medaillen A.G. for $ 261.34 (this is the total price for 59.45-59.46)