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Drachm of Lyttos with eagle
Greek
Classical Period
450 B.C.
Mint: Crete, Lyttos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 5.24 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.913
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1283.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle flying to left, one wing above, one below.
Reverse: Incuse square with forepart of boar crouching to left, beaded and plain, square border.
Reverse: Incuse square with forepart of boar crouching to left, beaded and plain, square border.
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. 963); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren