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Tetradrachm of Caria with head of Apollo, struck under Hidrieus
Greek
Late Classical Period
351–344 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Satrapy), Halikarnassos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 15.27 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1074
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2000.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo laureate slightly to right of full front, chlamys at neck.
Reverse: Zeus advancing to right on line, spear in left hand, double axe in right hand over right shoulder. He wears chiton and himation.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Reverse: Zeus advancing to right on line, spear in left hand, double axe in right hand over right shoulder. He wears chiton and himation.
Inscription in Greek at right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Carfrae Collection; 1894: Sotheby Sale (Carfrae Collection), pl. IX, 10; date unknown: Late Collector Collection; 1900: Sotheby Sale (Late Collector), pl. VII, 376 (both sale references according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
not listed as Greenwell by Regling.