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Triobol of Kingdom of Egypt with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Ptolemy I
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
312–311 B.C.
Mint: Egypt (Kingdom), Alexandria
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 1.70 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1187
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2251.
DescriptionObverse: Head of deified Alexander the Great to right with Ammon's horns, hair covered by elephant skin, and aegis tied at throat.
Plain border.
Reverse: Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, spear in raised right hand, shield on left arm; she wears crested Attic helmet, chiton girded over overfold, and a scarf with "swallow tail" ends, which passes forward from the back, is drawn up and thrown back again over both shoulders.
At right, eagle with closed wings to right on thunderbolt.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and at right.
Plain border.
Reverse: Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, spear in raised right hand, shield on left arm; she wears crested Attic helmet, chiton girded over overfold, and a scarf with "swallow tail" ends, which passes forward from the back, is drawn up and thrown back again over both shoulders.
At right, eagle with closed wings to right on thunderbolt.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and at right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.