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Stater of Kyrene with quadriga, struck under Polianthes
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
375–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 8.60 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1209
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1325.
DescriptionObverse: Nike, reins in both hands and goad in right hand, head facing, driving quadriga to right on line.
Inscription in Greek above.
Reverse: Zeus Ammon laureate? standing nearly full front, head to left, with left hand raised on sceptre and phiale in extended right hand; he wears a loosely draped himation.
Inscription in Greek at right; at left thymiaterion.
Beaded border.
Inscription in Greek above.
Reverse: Zeus Ammon laureate? standing nearly full front, head to left, with left hand raised on sceptre and phiale in extended right hand; he wears a loosely draped himation.
Inscription in Greek at right; at left thymiaterion.
Beaded border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not Greenwell according to Regling.
Not Greenwell according to Regling.