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Hemidrachm of Lokroi Opontioi with head of Persephone
Greek
Classical Period
387–338 B.C.
Mint: Lokris, Opous (Lokroi Opontioi)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.25 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.220
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0959.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone to right, wearing bead-necklace and single pendant earring, her hair wreathed with wild barley.
Reverse: Aias (Ajax), son of Oileus, youthful and nude advances to right, carrying a large round shield on his left arm and grasping a dagger in his right hand. He wears a crested Corinthian helmet. On the ground lies a broken spear. On the inside of the shield is a serpent.
Inscription in Greek in the field.
Reverse: Aias (Ajax), son of Oileus, youthful and nude advances to right, carrying a large round shield on his left arm and grasping a dagger in his right hand. He wears a crested Corinthian helmet. On the ground lies a broken spear. On the inside of the shield is a serpent.
Inscription in Greek in the field.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren