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Drachm (?) of the Brettioi with the head of Amphitrite (?)
Greek
Hellenistic Period
216–203 B.C. (?)
Mint: Bruttium, The Brettioi
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 4.46 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.383
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0165.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Amphitrite (?) right in stephane and veil; hair on forehead rolled; pointed earring, and necklace; at shoulder, lotus-tipped scepter.
Dolphin downwards below scepter.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Poseidon standing left; right foot on wreathed basis; right arm resting on right thigh; left arm raised resting on spear, point downwards.
At left, crab upwards.
Inscription in Greek at right, downwards.
Ground line.
Border of dots.
Dolphin downwards below scepter.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Poseidon standing left; right foot on wreathed basis; right arm resting on right thigh; left arm raised resting on spear, point downwards.
At left, crab upwards.
Inscription in Greek at right, downwards.
Ground line.
Border of dots.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Northwick Collection; 1859: Sotheby auction of Northwick Collection, cat. no. 145 (according to Brett, Catalogue, no. 165); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 134); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren