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Tetradrachm of Thracian Chersonesos with lion devouring prey
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470 B.C.
Mint: Thracian Chersonesos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23.5 mm. Weight: 16.37 gm. Die Axis: 4
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.1188
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 070.
DescriptionObverse: Lion crouching to left on ground line, devouring a prey, head frontal. Above, floral motif.
Reverse: Winged half-boar to left, within square incuse bordered by a row of dots between lines.
Reverse: Winged half-boar to left, within square incuse bordered by a row of dots between lines.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, 8 Place de la Taconnerie, Geneva, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, December 11, 1958, for $ 850.00