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Triobol of Selinos with head of Herakles
Greek
Classical Period
413–409 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Selinos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 1.76 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.483
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0322.
DescriptionObverse: Head of beardless Herakles in lion's skin, facing three-quarters left; flying locks of lion's scalp encircling head.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left, on line, driven by figure in long chiton leaning far forward; in right hand, a goad, in left, the reins.
Above, a selinon leaf upwards.
Below ground line: inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left, on line, driven by figure in long chiton leaning far forward; in right hand, a goad, in left, the reins.
Above, a selinon leaf upwards.
Below ground line: inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
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. 291); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren