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Tetrobol of Potidaia with Poseidon Hippios
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–500 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Potidaia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.691
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0586.
DescriptionObverse: Poseidon Hippios, nude, riding a horse walking to right with left foreleg raised; in left hand, the bridle, in drawn-back right hand, a trident horizontal.
Below horse an eight-pointed star.
Reverse: Head of an Amazon to right, with cap of foxskin with sharp spike on top; hair and cap dotted; dotted necklace.
Plain square border; square incuse.
Below horse an eight-pointed star.
Reverse: Head of an Amazon to right, with cap of foxskin with sharp spike on top; hair and cap dotted; dotted necklace.
Plain square border; square incuse.
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. 595); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren