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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Thrace with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Lysimachos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
286–281 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Kingdom), Magnesia-on-the-Maeander (Ionia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 17.18 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.647
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0834.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Aexander the Great to right with ram's horn and broad fillet in hair.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Seated Athena to left with shield, helmet, and spear.
Monogram at left under Nike. Inscription in Greek at left and right.
In exergue, maeander decoration.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Seated Athena to left with shield, helmet, and spear.
Monogram at left under Nike. Inscription in Greek at left and right.
In exergue, maeander decoration.
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 this coin as Greenwell Collection.
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.