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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Thrace with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Lysimachos

Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
about 297–281 B.C.
Mint: Thrace (Kingdom), Lampsakos (Mysia)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 16.87 gm.
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.215
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0824.
DescriptionObverse: Head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon and fillet in hair.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Athena Nikephoros seated left.
Inscription in Greek at right and left, monogram below Nike, crescent in exergue (?).
ProvenanceTheodor Prowe, Moscow. 1935, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1935)