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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Macedonia with head of Demetrios Poliorketes
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 290 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (Kingdom), Sikyon-Demetrias (Peloponnesos) (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 16.99 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.174
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0708.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Demetrios Poliorketes with diadem and bull's horn.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Poseidon standing left, nude, right foot on rock, right hand resting on thigh. In raised left hand, a trident.
Monograms at left (missing in media printout) and within wreath between his legs. Inscription in Greek at left and right.
Struck under Demetrios Poliorketes (306-283 B.C.) at an uncertain mint in the Peloponnesus, Sikyon-Demetrias ?
Border of dots.
Reverse: Poseidon standing left, nude, right foot on rock, right hand resting on thigh. In raised left hand, a trident.
Monograms at left (missing in media printout) and within wreath between his legs. Inscription in Greek at left and right.
Struck under Demetrios Poliorketes (306-283 B.C.) at an uncertain mint in the Peloponnesus, Sikyon-Demetrias ?
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren