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Tetrobol of Kalchedon with bull

Greek
Classical Period
412–394 B.C.
Mint: Bithynia, Kalchedon

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 2.24 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.927
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1375.
DescriptionObverse: Bull standing to left on ear of grain.
Inscription in Greek above.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse, mill-sail type.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 979); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren