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Tetradrachm of Maroneia with prancing horse, struck under Metrophon
Greek
Classical Period
418/417 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Maroneia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 13.94 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.625
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0810.
DescriptionObverse: Horse prancing to left.
Above, four-spoked wheel.
Reverse: In incuse square, inscription in Greek, beginning at left, around inner square, in which is a vine with four bunches of grapes.
Above, four-spoked wheel.
Reverse: In incuse square, inscription in Greek, beginning at left, around inner square, in which is a vine with four bunches of grapes.
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. 492); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren