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Diobol of Herakleia Pontica with head of Herakles

Greek
Classical Period
415–364 B.C.
Mint: Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 1.86 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5521
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1366.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Herakles, bearded, to left, wearing the lion-skin.
Reverse: In a shallow incuse square a raised square, on which Greek inscription surrounding a quadripartite square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)