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Tetradrachm of Stagira with lion attacking boar
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–500 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Stagira
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 16.90 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number57.688
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 045.
DescriptionObverse: Lion to right, attacking a boar to left, on ground line.
Pellet below boar.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
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Pellet below boar.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
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ProvenanceBy 1957: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; purchased by MFA for £ 750- from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., November 14, 1957