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Obol of Itanos with head of Athena
Greek
Late Classical Period
350 B.C.
Mint: Crete, Itanos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 0.86 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.912
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1278.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to left in crested Athenian helmet, on which is double scroll.
Reverse: Eight pointed star.
Reverse: Eight pointed star.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.