Silver litra
Greek
Syracuse
Sicily
480-460 BCE
Silver
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 7/16 in. (11.8 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Class of 1962
990.24.27100
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Pearl diademed female head right, hair indicated by lines, looped up under diadem; necklace (worn), earring (worn); Dotted border; *
Course History
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
Provenance
Harmer and Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., 1984; Virginia Williamson, 1984-1990; given to present collection, 1990.
Catalogue Raisonne
Grose, Vol. I: pl. 91/11-12
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