Obol
Greek
Trikka
Thessaly
480-400 BCE
Silver
Overall: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Virginia Williamson, Class of 1962A
2006.73.1
Geography
Place Made: Greece, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Horse, facing right; Reverse: Pallas Athena (3/4 view carrying shield and spear), flanked by the letters TR[IK] on the left and [K]AIO[N] on the right (of the Trikkaians)
Provenance
Virginia Williamson, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2006.
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