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Obol of Auriol Hoard Class with Gorgoneion
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 Number04.1241
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0017.
DescriptionObverse: Gorgoneion, tongue protruding.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
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. 1382); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren