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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Macedonia with horse and rider, struck under Alexander I
Greek
Early Classical Period
480–454 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (Kingdom), Aigai
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 13.33 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.162
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0625.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman riding to right, wearing petasos and chlamys, and carrying two spears.
Dotted exergual line, and border of dots.
Reverse: Incuse square, enclosing a linear square, within which is a goat's head to right, and behind this a small, inverted caduceus.
Dotted exergual line, and border of dots.
Reverse: Incuse square, enclosing a linear square, within which is a goat's head to right, and behind this a small, inverted caduceus.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren