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Tetrobol of Methymna with kneeling warrior

Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–500 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Methymna

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 2.78 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.997
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1664.
DescriptionObverse: Warrior kneeling on right knee to left, he wears crested Corinthian helmet over head and corselet; on his left arm is a shield and in right hand a spear held diagonally.
Reverse: In incuse square forepart of horse with nude rider, jumping to right. The rider has reins in right hand.
Beaded square border.
ProvenanceFrom the Lesbos Hoard (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. 1071); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren