Obverse: Youthful head of river god Assinos to left, with bull's horns, wreath of wild parsley leaves and short hair. Beaded border. Inscription in Greek. Reverse: Bearded Silenos seated on ground full front, head to left holding up kantharos in right hand, in left hand, two pipes crossed....
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. 278); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Classical Period, 420?–403 B.C.
Mint
Naxos, Sicily
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0310.
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 1.97 gm.
Accession Number
04.474
Medium or Technique
Silver