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Drachm of Patara with head of Apollo Lykios
Greek
Hellenistic Period
168–81 B.C.
Mint: Lycia, Patara (Lycian League)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1121
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2091.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo Lykios laureate to right, hair in stiff curls behind.
Reverse: In shallow incuse square, a lyre seen from behind.
Inscriptions in Greek at sides and above.
Reverse: In shallow incuse square, a lyre seen from behind.
Inscriptions in Greek at sides and above.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.