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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Paionia with head of Patraos
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
about 335–315 B.C.
Mint: Paionia (Kingdom)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 12.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.649
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0737.
DescriptionObverse: Youthful male head to right with fillet in short hair.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Fully armed warrior to right on horse with elaborate harness, spearing fallen foe, who tries to spear horse which tramples on him. Brand on the horse.
Inscription at right in Greek.
(Note: The handwritten inscription for the record locates the brand on the saddle but it is actually on the body of the horse.)
Beaded border.
Reverse: Fully armed warrior to right on horse with elaborate harness, spearing fallen foe, who tries to spear horse which tramples on him. Brand on the horse.
Inscription at right in Greek.
(Note: The handwritten inscription for the record locates the brand on the saddle but it is actually on the body of the horse.)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Reglng did not list as Greenwell Collection
Reglng did not list as Greenwell Collection