Trihemiobol or Diobol

Greek
Eion
Macedonia

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before 500 BCE

Silver

Diameter: 7.7 mm

Weight: 0.81 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund

993.35.29135

Geography

Place Made: Macedonia, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Swan right with head turned back; above, three pellets arranged in a triangle; No letter (later types have letter) Reverse: Incuse square divided diagonally

Provenance

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1993.

Catalogue Raisonne

Grose, Vol. II: no. 3081, pl. 112.14; BMC, Macedonia: p. 73, nos. 6,7; Sear no. 1295; Berk no. 96

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