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Tetradrachm of Potidaia with Poseidon Hippios
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–500 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Potidaia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 16.22 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5437
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0584.
DescriptionObverse: Poseidon Hippios, nude, wearing cap with long flaps (?), riding a horse walking to right with right foreleg raised; in left hand, the bridle, in drawn-back right hand, a couched trident.
Below horse a six-pointed star.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Incuse square, quartered diagonally.
Below horse a six-pointed star.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Incuse square, quartered diagonally.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)