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Litra of Kamarina with Nike and swan
Greek
Late Archaic Period
495–485 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Kamarina
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 0.76 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.432
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0256.
DescriptionObverse: Nike, with wings outstretched, flying to left in short-sleeved chiton with overfold, both arms lowered.
Below, swan swimming to left.
Olive wreath border.
Reverse: Athena standing to left, upper body facing; in crested Athenian helmet, short-sleeved chiton with overfall, and aegis with serpents projecting; raised right hand on upright spear; left hand at her waist; below, on left, shield upwards.
Inscription in Greek.
Plain border (large die flaw).
Below, swan swimming to left.
Olive wreath border.
Reverse: Athena standing to left, upper body facing; in crested Athenian helmet, short-sleeved chiton with overfall, and aegis with serpents projecting; raised right hand on upright spear; left hand at her waist; below, on left, shield upwards.
Inscription in Greek.
Plain border (large die flaw).
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. 203); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren