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Drachm of Kyrene with head of Zeus Ammon, struck under Theupheides
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
375–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 3.18 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1224
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1339.
DescriptionObverse: Beardless male head to left with ram's horn, fillet in hair.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with fruit.
Inscription in Greek in field at left and right.
Beaded border.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with fruit.
Inscription in Greek in field at left and right.
Beaded border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.