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Tetradrachm of Miletos with head of Apollo, struck under Ouliades and Artemidoros
Greek
Hellenistic Period
190 B.C. or later
Mint: Ionia, Miletos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 36 mm. Weight: 16.90 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.190
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 173.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Apollo to right, border of dots.
Reverse: Lion standing to right, on ground line, looking back. Elaborate star above.
Inscriptions above, in right field, upwards, and in exergue.
Reverse: Lion standing to right, on ground line, looking back. Elaborate star above.
Inscriptions above, in right field, upwards, and in exergue.
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 2493); by date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection (SNG, Lockett, no. 2839); 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 2317); 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)