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Obverse: Poseidon striding right; chlamys in natural folds, ending in point; hair in knot on nape of neck; behind head, E; left, laurel branch upwards; dotted ground line; border of dots. Inscription in Greek in right field. Reverse: Bull walking right; at right, laurel twig of two leaves and...
Provenance
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. 93); September, 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Classical Period, 480–440 B.C.
Mint
Poseidonia, Lucania
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0126.
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 1.11 gm.
Accession Number
04.355
Medium or Technique
Silver