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1/4 obol of Thebes with Boiotian shield

Greek
Archaic or Early Classical Period
550–480 B.C.
Mint: Boiotia (Federal Coinage), Thebes

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 5 mm. Weight: 0.28 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.236
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0987.
DescriptionObverse: Boiotian shield.
Reverse: Initial of ethnic within incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren