A detail of a number of small metal coins stuck together, many with the visible Greek lettering "ΑΘΕ"

Part of a hoard of over 400 Athenian silver tetradrachms originally buried in a sack. 4th c. B.C. Some coins were found loose, but most were stuck together in this mass weighing over six kilograms.

Comments

Bibliography

Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 46, fig. 46.

Hesperia 76 (2007), p. 659, fig. 32.

Online Resources
Object F 13:4
Associated Passages
22. The Middle Voice: Part II
Type
Image
Date
4th C. BC.
Culture
Greek
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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