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Tetradrachm of Ephesos with bee, struck under Thrasylochos
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
387–301 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Ephesos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 15.25 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1017
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1824.
DescriptionObverse: Bee seen from above, wings veined.
Inscription in Greek at sides.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Forepart of stag kneeling on right knee to right, head to left.
At left a plam tree with fruit.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Inscription in Greek at sides.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Forepart of stag kneeling on right knee to right, head to left.
At left a plam tree with fruit.
Inscription in Greek at right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.