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Tetrobol (?) of Idyma with head of Pan

Greek
Classical Period
437–400 B.C.
Mint: Caria, Idyma

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.07 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5599
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1967.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Pan, full-front, with staring eyes, hair on end, and curving horns rising from his forehead.
Reverse: In incuse square inscription in Greek around a fig-leaf.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)