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Drachm of Rhegion with head of lion, struck under Anaxilas
Greek
Late Archaic Period
494/3–480 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Rhegion
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 5.66 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.406
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0198.
DescriptionObverse: Lion's head facing; row of dots above.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head and neck of calf to left; truncation dotted.
Inscription in Greek, retrograde.
Border of dots.
Round incuse.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Head and neck of calf to left; truncation dotted.
Inscription in Greek, retrograde.
Border of dots.
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. 166); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren