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Tetradrachm of Ainos with head of Hermes

Greek
Early Classical Period
478–450 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Ainos

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 16.34 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.604
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0774.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hermes to right, in close-fitting cap with beaded border, braid showing behind the ear.
Reverse: In incuse square, a goat to right.
At right of goat, ivy leaf at right of crescent moon.
Above, inscription in Greek.
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. 460); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren