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Tetradrachm of Ainos with head of Hermes
Greek
Classical Period
430–412 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Ainos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 16.00 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.183
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0785.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youthful Hermes, almost full-front to left, wearing a close-fitting cap ornamented with a row of beads.
Reverse: In an incuse square a goat walking to right with a barley-corn and bunch of grapes in front of him. Inscription in Greek above his back.
Reverse: In an incuse square a goat walking to right with a barley-corn and bunch of grapes in front of him. Inscription in Greek above his back.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren