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Drachm of Asia Minor (?) with head of boar
Greek
Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor (?), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 4.09 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1260
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2315.
DescriptionObverse: Head of boar to right with small nude man crouching to left on the snout.
Reverse: Irregular incuse square.
Reverse: Irregular incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.