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Tetradrachm of Samos with head of lion
Greek
Late Archaic or Classical Period
494–439 B.C.
Mint: Ionia (Islands off), Samos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 13.11 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1051
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1954.
DescriptionObverse: Skin of lion's head full front.
Reverse: In incuse circle, head and shoulders of bull to right.
Inscription in Greek above.
Beaded border at edge of body.
Reverse: In incuse circle, head and shoulders of bull to right.
Inscription in Greek above.
Beaded border at edge of body.
ProvenanceSotheby Sale, July 24, 1900, no. 123 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1148); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren