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Tristater of the Edones with herdsman and oxen, struck under Getas
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500 B.C.
Mint: Thrace and Macedonia, The Edones
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 28.62 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.150
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2327.
DescriptionObverse: Nude bearded man, wearing petasos, and carrying two spears, walks to right between two oxen. Head of the farther one raised.
Plain exergual line.
Inscription in Greek behind man's head and below exergual line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Incuse square, within which a quadripartite, dotted square, surrounded by inscription in Greek.
Plain exergual line.
Inscription in Greek behind man's head and below exergual line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Incuse square, within which a quadripartite, dotted square, surrounded by inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren