Tetrobol from Argos Mint: Argos (Argolis)

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2.69 g, 8:00, 15 mm

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Hyde Ottaway

Accession Number

2016.94.25

Culture
Period

4th–3rd century B.C.

Classification
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Forepart of wolf l.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Large A; to l. and r., A - R [Gk.]; beneath, crescent.
Provenance

Provenance

John Warren Wells, Chicago, to. 1959; Mary Hyde Ottaway, New Paltz, N.Y., 1959–2016; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 27
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Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, tetrobol

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