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Drachm of Aspendos with horseman hurling spear
Greek
Classical Period
about 450 B.C.
Mint: Pamphylia, Aspendos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 5.43 gm. Die Axis: 10
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.11
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 239.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman, clad in loose chiton, galloping to right, hurling spear with right hand. Border of dots.
Reverse: Boar walking to left on dotted ground line. Border of dots.
Inscription above.
Reverse: Boar walking to left on dotted ground line. Border of dots.
Inscription above.
ProvenanceBy date unknown in the 1950s: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin III, no. 59); purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art, January 9, 1958, for $ 126.00