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Distater of Kingdom of Macedonia with head of Athena, struck in the name of Alexander III
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
330–320 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (Kingdom)
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 17.20 gm.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.203
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0659.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right, wearing a long pendant earring, a plain necklace above a dotted one, and a triple-crested helmet on which there is a coiled serpent. Hair in four long corkscrew curls behind.
Reverse: Nike standing with body almost full-front, head to left, holding wreath in extended right hand and naval standard in lowered left.
Inscription in Greek at right. Thunderbolt in field at left.
Reign of Antipater-Kassander, striking in the name of Alexander III.
Reverse: Nike standing with body almost full-front, head to left, holding wreath in extended right hand and naval standard in lowered left.
Inscription in Greek at right. Thunderbolt in field at left.
Reign of Antipater-Kassander, striking in the name of Alexander III.
Provenance1935, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1935)