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Obol
Obol
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Obol

Artist
Artist
Date4th century BCE
Mediumsilver
Dimensions11 gm (0.4 oz)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1912.136
Descriptionobv. youthful male, head facing

rev. mussel shell, barley grains; SIVVTSI[8] retrograde
ProvenanceFormerly in collection of Dr. G.M. Olcott, N.Y. (1911); Olcott List #10; Plan #C-22
On View
Not on view
Tetradrachm
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about 455–430 BCE
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500–480 BCE
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520–480 BCE
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480–400 BCE
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Northern Greece
500-480 BCE
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about 60 BCE
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340–315 BCE
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about 46–45 BCE
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about 380–280 BCE
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about 380–280 BCE