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Tetradrachm of Herakleia-on-the-Latmos with head of Athena
Greek
Hellenistic Period
190 B.C. or later
Mint: Ionia, Herakleia-on-the-Latmos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 15.67 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.188
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 168.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right, wearing earring, necklace and triple-crested helmet with horse protomes and Pegasus.
Reverse: Club, with owl below. Monograms left and right. All in olive wreath.
Inscription above club.
Reverse: Club, with owl below. Monograms left and right. All in olive wreath.
Inscription above club.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: S. Pozzi Collection; by 1920: with Naville & Cie., 6 and 8 Rue Pécolat, Geneva, Switzerland (auction of the Pozzi Collection, Les Galeries Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland, April 4ff., 1921, lot 2453); by date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection (SNG, Lockett, no. 2824); by 1961: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the Lockett Collection, February 21-23, 1961, lot 2302); purchased at the Lockett auction on behalf of MFA by A. H. Baldwin and Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London W.C. 2; April 12, 1961: purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin and Sons, Ltd. for £ 1,056/13/0 (this is the total cost for 61.187-61.194 including commission)