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Tetradrachm of Athens with head of Athena
Greek
Classical Period
480–450 B.C. and later
Mint: Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 17.06 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.261
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1085.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena of the later archaic style, to right, with round earring, bead-necklace, and Attic helmet. On the front ridge of the helmet three olive-leaves upright, the front olive-leaf showing only a little, on the back a floral scroll. Hair in rows of dots showing below the helmet. .
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing front, wings closed.
Behind: crescent and olive twig with leaves and berry.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing front, wings closed.
Behind: crescent and olive twig with leaves and berry.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren