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Tetradrachm with Head of Antigonos Doson as Poseidon

CultureGreek (Macedonian)
Titles
  • Tetradrachm with Head of Antigonos Doson as Poseidon
Date227–221 BC
Minted inGreece
MediumSilver
DimensionsOther: 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (0.5 × 3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
Object number2004.1354
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, by 2004] [1];
purchased by MFAH, 2004.

[1] Invoice in Object File.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Reverse: BASILEOS ANTIGONOU (King Antigonos).

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