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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Paionia with head of Apollo, struck under Patraos
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
335–315 B.C.
Mint: Paionia (Kingdom)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 12.32 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.650
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0740.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to right.
Reverse: Fully armed warrior on horse to right, spearing a fallen Persian foot soldier.
At left, kantharos.
Inscription in Greek.
Struck under Patraos, king of Paeonia.
Reverse: Fully armed warrior on horse to right, spearing a fallen Persian foot soldier.
At left, kantharos.
Inscription in Greek.
Struck under Patraos, king of Paeonia.
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
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.