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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), Amphipolis (Macedonia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 16.89 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.648
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0830.
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 helmet, shield, and spear, holding Nike.
Inscription in Greek at right and left. Monograms in field at left and at right.
(Note the handwritten inscription in this record is incorrectly marked left and right instead of right and left)
Beaded border.
Reverse: Seated Athena to left with helmet, shield, and spear, holding Nike.
Inscription in Greek at right and left. Monograms in field at left and at right.
(Note the handwritten inscription in this record is incorrectly marked left and right instead of right and left)
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.