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Obol of Pharkadon with horse
Greek
Classical Period
465–447 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Pharkadon
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 0.86 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.775
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0919.
DescriptionObverse: Horse walking to right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square Athena stands to right, her right hand on her right hip, left hand holding spear, and shield resting against her side. She wears long chiton, aegis, and created helmet.
Inscription in Greek around.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square Athena stands to right, her right hand on her right hip, left hand holding spear, and shield resting against her side. She wears long chiton, aegis, and created helmet.
Inscription in Greek around.
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. 717); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren