Description
Collection Number: WC 12667
Object Number:
Dates: 443 BC - 400 BC
Denomination: nomos-(but ancient counterfeit: fourrée)
Dimensions: 21.00mm
Weight: 6.40g
Authority: Thourioi
Mint: Thourioi
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: head of Athena right, in Attic helmet with olive branch on bowl of helmet
Obverse Legend:
none (preserved)
Obverse Inscription Languages: none
Obverse Mintmarks:
none
Obverse Inscription Comment: none
Reverse Type: Bull butting left (no Phi on rump), Thourion above, and dove below between bull's legs, fish to left below ground line in exergue
Reverse Legend:
Thourion
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
none
Reverse Inscription Comments: none
Bibliography
Ancient imitation of a Thourian coin that is not known to exist with this precise combination of features on obverse and reverse:
cf. HN Italy 1772 (dove to left below bull); SNG Oxford 899-902 and some issues of 1047