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Tetradrachm of Samos with lion's scalp
Greek
Classical Period
about 450–440 B.C.
Mint: Ionia (Islands off), Samos; Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 12.80 gm.
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.819
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1958.
DescriptionObverse: The skin of a lion's head, full front.
Reverse: Head and shoulders of a bull, kneeling, profile to right.
In the field, olive-branch left of bull and inscription in Greek above bull.
Reverse: Head and shoulders of a bull, kneeling, profile to right.
In the field, olive-branch left of bull and inscription in Greek above bull.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).