CoinsGreek5th century BCE

Didrachm of Phistelia

405 BCE-400 BCE

Description

Obv.: Head of Nymph, frontal; Rev.: Man-faced bull walking l.; in exergue, dolphin, l.; inscription above

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.28 g

Provenance

Jules Norman, (by 1910), sold; [through Bourgey, “Norman sale,” April 14-15, 1910, lot 13]. Vicomte Baudouin de Jonghe [1]; V. J. E. Ryan [2], London (by 1947), sold; [through Glendining, London, “Ryan sale,” November 24, 1950, lot 1391]; [through Spink, London] to Arthur Stone Dewing [3], Cambridge, MA (from 1950), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) 1. Vicomte Baudoin de Jonghe (1842-1925). According to the 1950 sale catalogue. 2. Valentine John Eustace Ryan (1882-1947) 3. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971)