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Tetradrachm of Kyrene with head of Apollo Karneios, struck under Theupheides
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
ca. 313–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 12.77 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1223
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1338.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo Karneios laureate to left, with ram's horn.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Plain and beaded border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Inscription in Greek in field at left and right.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Plain and beaded border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Inscription in Greek in field at left and right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1360); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren