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