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Tetradrachm of Macedonia with Macedonian shield
Greek
Hellenistic Period
158–149 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Amphipolis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 16.80 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.180
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0732.
DescriptionObverse: Within a dotted circle in the center of a Boiotian shield, head of Artemis to right, wearing a stephane, and with bow and quiver at shoulder.
Reverse: Oak-wreath enclosing a club, with inscription in Greek above and below, and three monograms. Outside the wreath a thunderbolt.
Reverse: Oak-wreath enclosing a club, with inscription in Greek above and below, and three monograms. Outside the wreath a thunderbolt.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren