Obverse: Poseidon striding right, upper body in front view, hurling trident in raised right hand, left hand outstretched; nude, with chlamys over back falling from arms; bearded, hair long, turned up at back, two locks falling on breast; ground line; border of dots. Inscription in Greek. Reverse: ...
Provenance
1880: Lake Price sale, Sotheby, 1880, no. 238; 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. 90); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Archaic Period, about 530–500 B.C.
Mint
Poseidonia, Lukania
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0123.
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 7.49 gm.
Accession Number
04.352
Medium or Technique
Silver