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Tetradrachm of Leontinoi with head of Apollo
Greek
Classical Period
466–422 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Leontinoi
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 17.09 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.100
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0278.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo to right, hair turned up behind, and bound with a laurel wreath which has three overlapping rows of leaves. Five curls on forehead.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Lion's head to right with open mouth, tongue protruding.
Around the head four barley-corns and an inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Lion's head to right with open mouth, tongue protruding.
Around the head four barley-corns and an inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren