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Tetradrachm of Samos with head of lion
Greek
Classical Period
439–394 B.C.
Mint: Ionia (Islands off), Samos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 13.04 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.154
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1960.
DescriptionObverse: Lion's scalp, full front.
Reverse: Forepart of bull kneeling, profile to right.
Branch of olive behind bull, inscription in Greek above, the whole in incuse square.
Reverse: Forepart of bull kneeling, profile to right.
Branch of olive behind bull, inscription in Greek above, the whole in incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Robert Carfrae Collection; by 1894: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Carfrae collection, May 23-25, 1894, lot 263); by 1895: with Edward Perry Warren; February 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)