Perdikkas II (Light Tetrobol)

Greek
Macedonia

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454-413 BCE

Silver

Diameter: 14.5 mm

Weight: 2.07 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund

993.15.29088

Geography

Place Made: Macedonia, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Free horse right, front left foreleg raised off groundline; No border visible. Reverse: Crested helmet inside double linear incuse square; off-center

Publication History

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 76th Buy or Bid Sale Catalogue, Lot 159.

Provenance

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1993.

Catalogue Raisonne

Sear no. 1488; BMC, Macedonia: p. 162, no. 1; Grose, Vol. II: p. 40, no. 3287, pl. 120.15

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