Perdikkas II (Light Tetrobol)
Greek
Macedonia
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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