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Drachm of Massalia with head of Artemis
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 200–150 B.C.
Mint: Gaul, Massalia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 2.60 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.286
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0018.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Artemis to right in triple olive wreath; hair rolled; triple-pendant earring; dotted necklace; quiver at shoulder.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Lion walking to right; jaws open, tongue protruding.
Inscriptions in Greek above, and between front and back legs.
Ground line.
Plain border.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Lion walking to right; jaws open, tongue protruding.
Inscriptions in Greek above, and between front and back legs.
Ground line.
Plain border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Note that Regling (p. v) does not include this coin in the group acquired by Warren from the Canon Greenwell collection.
Note that Regling (p. v) does not include this coin in the group acquired by Warren from the Canon Greenwell collection.