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Tetradrachm of Kyrene with head of Zeus Ammon, struck under Aristomedes
Greek
Classical Period
435–375 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 12.78 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1226
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1318.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus Ammon laureate to left with flying locks and ram's horn.
Inscription in Greek at right..
Reverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Inscription in Greek in field at left and right.
Inscription in Greek at right..
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; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.