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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Macedonia with horseman carrying two spears, struck under Alexander I

Greek
Early Classical Period
480–454 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (Kingdom), Aigai

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 13.02 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.709
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0628.
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 and looking back.
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. 619); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren