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Obol (litra?) of Messana with leaping hare

Greek
Classical Period
460–430 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Messana (Zankle)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 0.62 gm.
Credit Line Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury
Accession Number92.18
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0289.
DescriptionObverse: Hare leaping right.
Reverse: Inscription within olive wreath.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Rebecca Salisbury Collection; bequest of Rebecca Salisbury to MFA, January 6,1892