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Didrachm of Paros with head of Demeter
Greek
Hellenistic Period
3rd century B.C.
Mint: Paros (Aegean Islands)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 7.83 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.481
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 133.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Demeter to right, veiled and wearing a corn wreath.
Reverse: Inscription in wreath of ivy, with leaves and berries.
Reverse: Inscription in wreath of ivy, with leaves and berries.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (SNG, no. 2628); 1959: with Glendining & Co., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1. (Glendining & Co. auction of Richard Cyril Lockett Collection, part 9, May 26, 1959, lot 2096); purchased by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London at Glendining & Co. auction, May 26, 1959; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., September 17, 1959, for £ 417/10/0 (this is the total price for 59.480-59.482)