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Trihemiobol of Tauromenion with head of Apollo
Greek
Hellenistic Period
241–212 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Tauromenion
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 1.08 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.566
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0486.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to left, hair falling free behind.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Tripod.
At right [T]AYPOME downwards. At left: NITAN upwards.
At left, inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Tripod.
At right [T]AYPOME downwards. At left: NITAN upwards.
At left, 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. 417); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren