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Drachm of Leontinoi with horse and rider
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–480 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Leontinoi
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 4.09 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.457
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0274.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman on horse to right; nude; holding reins in both hands.
Dotted ground line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head of lion to right, jaws open, tongue protruding.
Around, four barley-corns.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
Dotted ground line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head of lion to right, jaws open, tongue protruding.
Around, four barley-corns.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 246); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren