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Tetradrachm of Dikaia with standing cow
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
500–450 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Dikaia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 17.07 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.675
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0543.
DescriptionObverse: Cow standing to left, head right, scratching nose with left hindleg.
Above, a sea swallow to left.
Below, a dotted circle within which crossed lines; two Greek letters; dotted ground line above plain line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Octopus within square incuse.
Above, a sea swallow to left.
Below, a dotted circle within which crossed lines; two Greek letters; dotted ground line above plain line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Octopus within 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. 567); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren