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Drachm of Eryx with standing eagle
Greek
Late Archaic Period
Before 480 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Eryx
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 4.01 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number48.249
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2328.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle standing right on capital of an Ionic column, wings closed.
Border of dots.
Inscription in left and right fields (letters reversed).
Reverse: Crab within round incuse.
Border of dots.
Inscription in left and right fields (letters reversed).
Reverse: Crab within round incuse.
ProvenanceBy 1842, G. F. Nott; May 30, 1842, Reverend G. F. Nott posthumous sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 543 to Edward Herbert Bunbury, 9th Baronet (b. 1811 – d. 1895) [see note 1]; June 15, 1896, Edward Bunbury posthumous sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 296, 1 of 3. By 1893, Hermann D. Weber (b. 1823 – d. 1918), London; 1918, purchased by Spink, London, from H. Weber's estate [see note 2]. R. Jameson Collection (Collection R. Jameson, vol. IV, Feuardent Frères, 4 Rue Louvois, Paris, 1932, no. 2418); by 1948: with Dr. Jacob Hirsch, Suite 1209, 30 West 54th Street, New York; purchased by MFA from Dr. Jacob Hirsch, March 11, 1948, for $ 915.00
Notes:
[1] Many thanks to Dr John Voukelatos for sharing the Nott provenance information.
[2] L. Forrer, The Weber Collection, vol. I, no. 1302.
Notes:
[1] Many thanks to Dr John Voukelatos for sharing the Nott provenance information.
[2] L. Forrer, The Weber Collection, vol. I, no. 1302.