Obol of Auriol Hoard Class with forepart of winged stag (?)

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Obol of Auriol Hoard Class with forepart of winged stag (?)

Greek

Late Archaic or Classical Period

500–450 B.C. or later

Mint: Gaul (Auriol Hoard Class)

Medium/Technique Silver

Dimensions Diameter: 8 mm. Weight: 0.58 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1250

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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0006.

DescriptionObverse: Forepart of winged stag (?) to left, with curved wings.
Reverse: Incuse square, with irregular surface.

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. 1391); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren