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Tetradrachm of Akanthos with lion attacking bull
Greek
Archaic or Early Classical Period
520–470 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Akanthos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 17.37 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.654
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0518.
DescriptionObverse: Lion to right on back of bull to left which he attacks, biting flank. Bristling hairs on edge of lion's back and mane; bull sunk on left foreleg, head raised, tail extending over border of dots.
Dotted line between two plain lines marks off exergue in which there is a flower.
Inscription in Greek above.
Reverse: Mill-sail granulated incuse.
Dotted line between two plain lines marks off exergue in which there is a flower.
Inscription in Greek above.
Reverse: Mill-sail granulated incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling does not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.
Regling does not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.