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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Thrace with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck in the name of Lysimachos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 281 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Kingdom), Abydos (Troas) (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 16.93 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.196
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0839.
DescriptionObverse: Head of the deified Alexander to right, horned and wearing a fillet with flying ends.
Reverse: Athena Nikephoros, seated to left, inverted lance at her right side, rests left elbow on her shield, which has a lion-head as device.
Eagle in field at left.
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
Reverse: Athena Nikephoros, seated to left, inverted lance at her right side, rests left elbow on her shield, which has a lion-head as device.
Eagle in field at left.
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren