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Obol (?) of Auriol Hoard Class with head of ram

Greek
Late Archaic or Classical Period
500–450 B.C. or later
Mint: Gaul (Auriol Hoard Class)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 9 mm. Weight: 0.90 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1246
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0002.
DescriptionObverse: Head of ram, left, beaded line at edge of neck.
Reverse: Fourpart square 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. 1387; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren