Tetradrachm with Lion Seizing Bull on Obverse and Incuse Mark on Reverse

Tetradrachm with Lion Seizing Bull on Obverse and Incuse Mark on Reverse

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Tetradrachm with Lion Seizing Bull on Obverse and Incuse Mark on Reverse
CultureGreek (Macedonian)
Titles
  • Tetradrachm with Lion Seizing Bull on Obverse and Incuse Mark on Reverse
Date475–424 BC
Minted inAkanthos, Greece
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 in. diameter (2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number40.151
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceMiss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, before d. 1940; given to MFAH, 1940.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Obverse: Bucranium in exergue.

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