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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
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

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.
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