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Tetradrachm of Apollonia Pontica with head of Apollo, struck under Adrestos
Greek
Classical Period
450–350 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Apollonia Pontica
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 16.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.623
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0797.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to right, hair in roll behind.
Reverse: In incuse square an anchor; at right a crayfish; at left inscriptions in Greek..
Reverse: In incuse square an anchor; at right a crayfish; at left inscriptions in Greek..
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 did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.