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Obol of Orchomenos with sprouting corn grain
Greek
Archaic Period
550–480 B.C.
Mint: Boiotia, Orchomenos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 mm. Weight: 1.04 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.812
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0990.
DescriptionObverse: Sprouting corn grain.
Reverse: Square incuse irregularly divided into raised and sunk compartments.
Reverse: Square incuse irregularly divided into raised and sunk compartments.
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. 772); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren