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Trihemiobol of Herakleia Pontica with head of Herakles

Greek
Late Classical Period
364–353 B.C.
Mint: Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 1.22 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.932
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1370.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Herakles to left in lion's skin.
Reverse: In incuse circle a club.
Inscription in Greek above and below.
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

Regling does not list as Greenwell.