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Tetradrachm of Amphipolis with head of Apollo
Greek
Classical Period
410–390 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Amphipolis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 14.32 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.160
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0537.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo facing three-quarters right in laurel wreath with berries; hair on forehead brushed back; ends of curls escaping from top of head, others falling on either side of face.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Race torch, flame to left, tripod to right, within raised square frame on which inscription is written in Greek: "Amphipoliteon", "of the Amphipolitans."
Square incuse.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Race torch, flame to left, tripod to right, within raised square frame on which inscription is written in Greek: "Amphipoliteon", "of the Amphipolitans."
Square incuse.
Provenance1859, found in the “Saloniki Hoard of 1859” [see note 1]. By 1877, Aimé Charles Horace His de la Salle (b. 1795 – d. 1878), Paris; April 5-7, 1877, His de la Salle sale, Drouot, Paris, lot 321, pl. 2, to Claude Camille Rollin (b. 1813 – d. 1883), Paris [see note 2]. By 1881, Hubert-Ferdinand Bompois (b. 1814 - d. 1881), Paris; January 16, 1882, posthumous Ferdinand Bompois sale, Drouot, Paris, lot 713. By 1900, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 – d. 1928), London; 1900, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: January 1, 1900)
Notes:
[1] Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards, no. 368. Hoffmann, Le Numismate: Bulletin périodique (1963), pl. 6. Many thanks to Dr John Voukelatos for this information.
[2] An annotated catalog lists “Rollin” as the buyer of lot 321.
Notes:
[1] Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards, no. 368. Hoffmann, Le Numismate: Bulletin périodique (1963), pl. 6. Many thanks to Dr John Voukelatos for this information.
[2] An annotated catalog lists “Rollin” as the buyer of lot 321.