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Obverse: Winged Talos facing, right hand raised holding stone, left hand lowered holding another. Inscription in Greek above ground line. Reverse: Bull butting to right, head lowered, right foreleg raised. Inscription in Greek above. (see media screen for Greek inscriptions)
Provenance
By 1965: with Euripides Sepheriades; purchased by MFA from Euripides Sepheriades, October 13, 1965
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Greek, Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, 4th century B.C.
Mint
Phaistos, Crete
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 11.21 gm. Die Axis: 12
Accession Number
65.1291
Medium or Technique
Silver