About the Artwork
Obol Festival Coin
between 370 and 100 BC
(Artist) Greek Mint of Megalopolis (Mint)
Silver
Diameter: 3/8 inches (1 cm)
Numismatics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Manos Xenofon
62.256.3
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Provenance
Manos Xenofon
1962-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Family Art Game: Visions and Rhythms," DIA Advertising Supplement, The Detroit Free Press, April 23, 1995, p. 31 (ill.).
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Greek; Mint of Megalopolis, Obol Festival Coin, between 370 and 100 BC, Silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Manos Xenofon, 62.256.3.
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