Obverse: Poseidon striding right; upper body in side view; trident in raised right hand, left hand outstretched; beardless, hair short; chlamys falling in straight folds, dove-tailed on ends; triple border of dots. Inscription in Greek. Reverse: Bull walking left; below, scallop shell downwards;...
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. 92); 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. 0125.
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.83 gm.
Accession Number
04.354
Medium or Technique
Silver