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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Alexander I Balas
Greek
Hellenistic Period
150–145 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 16.63 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.480
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 282.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed bust of Alexander I Balas to right.
Cable border.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on draped omphalos, bow in lowered left hand, arrow in right. Ground line.
Monograms at left and in exergue. Inscription in Greek at left and right.
(note that the monogram in the exergue is not correctly shown in the scan. The P should be attached to the right side of the M)
Cable border.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on draped omphalos, bow in lowered left hand, arrow in right. Ground line.
Monograms at left and in exergue. Inscription in Greek at left and right.
(note that the monogram in the exergue is not correctly shown in the scan. The P should be attached to the right side of the M)
ProvenanceFrom a hoard discovered in Susiana in 1958-1959. By 1962: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen auction 25, November 17, 1962, lot 476); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., May 8, 1963