Trihemiobol or Diobol
Greek
Eion
Macedonia
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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