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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Paionia with head of Patraos
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
335–315 B.C.
Mint: Paionia (Kingdom)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 12.90 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.177
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0738.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to right.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Horseman, galloing to right, spearing prostrate Persian foe, who defends himself with a lance and a round shield with Macedonian decoration (central boss and border of crescents with dots).
Beneath the horse, three small dots.
Brandmark on croup of horse?
Inscription in Greek above horseman..
Border of dots.
Reverse: Horseman, galloing to right, spearing prostrate Persian foe, who defends himself with a lance and a round shield with Macedonian decoration (central boss and border of crescents with dots).
Beneath the horse, three small dots.
Brandmark on croup of horse?
Inscription in Greek above horseman..
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren