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Obol (?) of Sikyon with kneeling Apollo
Greek
Classical Period
431–400 B.C.
Mint: Sikyonia (Peloponnesos), Sikyon
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 0.62 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.866
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1175.
DescriptionObverse: Nude Apollo, kneeling on right knee and supporting himself on right hand. In left hand bow and arrow.
Reverse: Within olive wreath tied at right, Greek letters.
Reverse: Within olive wreath tied at right, Greek letters.
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. 901); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren