Obverse: Quadriga to right, horses walking; bearded charioteer in long, sleeveless, girdled chiton; in outstretched left hand, reins, in raised right hand, a whip with two lashes; above, a large globule; double exergue line. Between tail and legs, X Reverse: Eagle flying left, right wing raised,...
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. 589); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Archaic Period, 520–510 B.C.
Mint
Olynthos (?), Macedonia
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0612.
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 16.90 gm. Die Axis: 6
Accession Number
04.686
Medium or Technique
Silver