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Coin of Kingdom of Macedonia with head of Apollo, struck under Alexander V

Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
295 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (Kingdom)

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 4.22 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line Gift of Miss Mary B. Comstock
Accession Number1983.31
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Diademed head of Apollo right.
Reverse: Horseman right.
In field left, double axe.
Inscription in Greek above and below.
Monograms in field at left and below horse.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South, New York City, December 9, 1982, lot 21); purchased on behalf of MFA at Waddell auction 1 by Jeffrey Spier, P.O. Box 1082, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10101; December 17, 1982: purchased from Jeffrey Spier by Mary B. Comstock for MFA; gift of Mary B. Comstock to MFA, January 12, 1983