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Tetradrachm of Chalkidian League with head of Apollo, struck under Olympichos
Greek
Late Classical Period
361–358 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Olynthos (Chalkidian League)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 14.35 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.674
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0581.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Olynthian Apollo to right.
Reverse: Seven-stringed lyre.
Inscriptions in Greek around and below.
Reverse: Seven-stringed lyre.
Inscriptions in Greek around and below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.