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Double Daric of Kingdom of Syria with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Seleukos I
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
about 300–298 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Ekbatana (Media)
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 16.44 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number56.100
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 255.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Alexander the Great to right, wearing elephant-skin cap.
Chopmark behind ear.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Nike standing to left, with stylis in left hand and wreath in outstretched right.
At left, horned head of a horse to right.
Below at left: inscription.
Chopmark behind ear.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Nike standing to left, with stylis in left hand and wreath in outstretched right.
At left, horned head of a horse to right.
Below at left: inscription.
ProvenanceBy 1955: with Spink & Son, Ltd., 5 King Street, St. James's, London; purchased by MFA for £ 500- from Spink & Son, Ltd., February 9, 1956