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Tetrobol of Lampsakos with forepart of winged horse
Greek
Archaic Period
520–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Lampsakos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 2.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.942
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1583.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of horse with curled wings raised, jumping to right.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
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. 1001); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren