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Hemidrachm of Pharsalos with head of Athena
Greek
Classical Period
480–400 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Pharsalos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 3.21 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.776
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0920.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right in crested Athenian helmet, cheek piece raised.
Pointed earring, hair represented by dots.
Reverse: In incuse, head and neck of horse to right.
Inscription in Greeek at right.
Pointed earring, hair represented by dots.
Reverse: In incuse, head and neck of horse to right.
Inscription in Greeek at right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Moore Collection; 1889: Moore Sale (Cat. Sotheby, no. 259, according to Regling and Brett); 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. 718); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren