Obol

94-27-10

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 94-27-10
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Cyzicus
Period Classical Greek Period
Date Made 480-450 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Boar | Lion
Description

Obverse: Forepart of a boar running l., retrograde on the shoulder, tunny fish behind. Reverse: Head of a roaring lion in incuse square.

Outside Diameter 1.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of L. Daniel Dannenbaum, 1994

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