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Tetrobol of Olynthos with prancing horse
Greek
Classical Period
about 432–420 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Olynthos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 2.48 gm. Die Axis: 3
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.476
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 042.
DescriptionObverse: Horse with loose rein, prancing right .
Reverse: Within incuse square eagle flying upwards, head to right, holding serpent in beak and talons.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Within incuse square eagle flying upwards, head to right, holding serpent in beak and talons.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Leu and Co.'s Bank, Ltd., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich; purchased by MFA from Leu and Co.'s Bank, Ltd., May 8, 1963