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Tetradrachm of Akanthos with lioness attacking bull
Greek
Archaic or Early Classical Period
520–470 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Akanthos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 17.33 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.653
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0515.
DescriptionObverse: Lioness to left, on bull to right, biting him on croup; her head facing, body dotted, with bristling hairs on the upper edge; hindlegs and body above bull kneeling on right foreleg, head sunk, mouth open, tongue protruding.
In exergue, akanthos flower downwards.
Dotted ground line above plain one.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse, surfaces irregular.
(Note the illustration for the obverse is incorrectly poised. The ground line should not be slanted upward.)
In exergue, akanthos flower downwards.
Dotted ground line above plain one.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse, surfaces irregular.
(Note the illustration for the obverse is incorrectly poised. The ground line should not be slanted upward.)
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. 535); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren