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Tetradrachm of Athens with head of Athena

Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
4th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis; Mint: Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 16.80 gm.
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.829
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1093.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena, profile to right
Reverse: ΑΘΕ at right. Owl. At left, olive-branch and crescent.
InscriptionsReverse: ΑΘΕ
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).