CoinsGreek3rd century BCE
Four Litrae of Tauromenion, Sicily
274 BCE-216 BCE
Artists
Hieron IICoin Constituent
Description
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo r.; to l., star of ten rays. Border of dots. Rev.: TAUROMENITAN Tripod with lion-feet. Linear border.
Dimensions
3.01 g
Provenance
[Hess, Frankfurt, “sale 202”, October 28, 1930, lot 2344], sold; [through Spink, London]; to Arthur Stone Dewing [1], Cambridge, MA (from 1930), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) [1] Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). According to Dewing’s inventory card, he bought the lot through Spink.
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