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Tetradrachm of Maroneia with head of Dionysos, struck under Athenes
Greek
Classical Period
410–390 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Maroneia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 16.58 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.629
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0812.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Dionysos to left, unbearded with ivy wreath. Hair falling in thick locks below wreath.
Reverse: Incuse square, inscription in Greek beginning above and around square, in which is a vine with four bunches of grapes.
Reverse: Incuse square, inscription in Greek beginning above and around 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; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.