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Tetradrachm of Amphipolis
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Obverse: Head of Apollo), laureate, three-quarter face r.; to r., panther l.
Reverse: Raised frame within which race torch; all within incuse square; to l., A.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Found in Thessaloniki (1859) [1]. Gustave Billoin Paris (by 1886) sold; [through Rollin & Feuardent Paris “Collection Billoin” sale March 22-26 1886 lot 326]. Hermann Weber [2] London (by 1918) sold; to [Spink London]. William H. Woodward [3] London (by 1928-1941) sold; to [Spink London (1941)]. [Jacob Hirsch New York] sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [4] Cambridge MA (from 1945) lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Part of a hoard of 52 tetradrachms and drachms from Amphipolis (published as Inventory of Greek Coins Hoards no. 368). According to the Dewing card this coin was part of a hoard discussed by dealer Henri Hoffmann in Le Numismate: Bulletin périodique de numismatique vol. 19 (May 1963) and by J. de Witte in Revue Numismatique (new series) vol. IX (1864) no. 88 but there is no illustration to verify.
2. Sir Hermann Weber (1823-1918). The coin was published in L. Forrer The Weber Collection vol. 2 (1924) no. 1964 pl.75.
3. William Harrison Woodward (1855-1941). This coin was published in Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson Ancient Greek Coins in the Possession of William Harrison Woodward (1928) no. 1964 no. 149 pl. X.
4. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). According to Dewing's inventory card he purchased the coin from Jacob Hirsch via a letter dated October 15 1945 for $3 050.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Title: Tetradrachm of Amphipolis
Description:
Obverse: Head of Apollo), laureate, three-quarter face r.
; to r.
, panther l.
Reverse: Raised frame within which race torch; all within incuse square; to l.
, A.
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