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Tetradrachm of Lindos with head of lion
Greek
Late Archaic Period
500 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Lindos (Rhodes)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 13.88 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1095
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2034.
DescriptionObverse: Head of lion to right; jaws open, tongue protruding.
On truncation, two plain lines joined by crosslines; dotted square border.
Reverse: Two oblong incuses divided by wide vertical band.
On truncation, two plain lines joined by crosslines; dotted square border.
Reverse: Two oblong incuses divided by wide vertical band.
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. 1199); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren