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Trihemiobol of Skepsis with forepart of horse
Greek
Early Classical Period
480–450 B.C.
Mint: Troas, Skepsis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 0.84 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.978
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1635.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of horse jumping to right.
Beaded border.
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: In incuse square, fir tree on mound.
Square beaded border.
Beaded border.
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: In incuse square, fir tree on mound.
Square beaded border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Regling did not list this as Greenwell.
Regling did not list this as Greenwell.