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Tetradrachm of Athens with head of Athena
Greek
Archaic Period
590–530 B.C.
Mint: Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 17.10 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.835
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1053.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena in Attic helmet, plain, but zigzag ornament on crest, and with earrings. Hair represented by dots.
Reverse: In incuse square owl to right, head facing.
At left, olive branch; at right, inscription in Greek.
Reverse: In incuse square owl to right, head facing.
At left, olive branch; at right, inscription in Greek.
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. 809); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren