Coin: ar tetrobol

Museum number:

8-4633

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Accession number:

Acc.184

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.6134 grams, 18 mm. 394-357 BC. Zacynthus, Greece. Condition: excellent. Obverse: Head of Apollo, right; head bound with taenia. Reverse: Tripod in laurel wreath; to left, I; to right, A. Remarks: "attr. Bauslaugh 1972

Donor:

Alfred Emerson

Collection place:

Islands off Elis

Production place:

Zacynthus (island), Ionia, Greece

Culture or time period:

Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)

Collector:

Alfred Emerson

Collection date:

June 23, 1905

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Person depicted:

Apollo (Greek and Roman diety)

Object type:

archaeology

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

394-357 BC

Accession date:

1905

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

weight 2.6134 grams and linear 18 millimeters

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