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Obol
Obol
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Obol

Artist/Culture
Artist/Culture (Macedonian)
Artist/Culture
Date500-480 BCE
Mediumsilver
Dimensions14 gm (0.5 oz)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1912.115
Descriptionobv. Wild goat kneeling.

rev. Incuse square, quadripartite.
ProvenanceFormerly in collection of Dr. G.M. Olcott, N.Y. (1911)); Olcott List #46; Plan #C-23
On View
Not on view
Attic Tetradrachm
Northeast Greece
after 146 BCE
Obol
Greek
500–480 BCE
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Central Phokis
520–480 BCE
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Northeast Greece
after 400 BCE
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Persian
n.d.
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Greek
about 550–530 BCE
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Phistelia
4th century BCE
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Thessaly
480–400 BCE
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Greek
6th century BCE
Trihemiobol
Greek
575–500 BCE
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Greek
575–500 BCE
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Greek
478–390 BCE