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Hemidrachm of Skotoussa with head of Herakles
Greek
Classical Period
450–380 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Skotoussa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 2.52 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.781
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0930.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Herakles to right, in lion's skin.
Reverse: Forepart of horse grazing to right.
Inscription in Greek below.
Reverse: Forepart of horse grazing to right.
Inscription in Greek below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: James Whittall Collection; by 1884: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the James Whittall Collection, July 10ff., 1884, lot 530 [partial, not illustrated); 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. 725); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren