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Didrachm of Segesta with hound
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480–461 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Segesta
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 8.32 gm.
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number11.1763
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0312.
DescriptionObverse: Hound standing to right with head lowered.
Reverse: Head of nymph Segesta to right, wearing necklace, earring, and with hair looped back over band around her head.
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: Head of nymph Segesta to right, wearing necklace, earring, and with hair looped back over band around her head.
Inscription in Greek around.
Provenance1895: Cat. Feuardent, Walcher de Molthein, pl. iii, 534 (according to Brett catalogue, entry 312); by date unknown; with Edward Perry Warren; October 16, 1911: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 17,291.36 (this figure is the total price for MFA 11.1756-11.1808)