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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Macedonia with horseman carrying two spears, struck under Alexander I
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 460–450 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (Kingdom), Aigai
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 13.11 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.708
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0629.
DescriptionObverse: On exergual line a horse walking to right with rider carrying two spears in left hand, holding reins in right hand and wearing petasos and chlamys.
Plain border.
Reverse: Within incuse square the front half of a goat kneeling on right knee;
in corners Greek letters.
Plain square border.
Plain border.
Reverse: Within incuse square the front half of a goat kneeling on right knee;
in corners Greek letters.
Plain square border.
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. 618); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren