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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Thrace with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Lysimachos
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
287/6-282/1
Mint: Thrace (Kingdom), Smyrna (Ionia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 16.82 gm. Die Axis: 3
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1250
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great to right with horn of Zeus Ammon.
Reverse: Athena seated left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield, spear behind;
in field at left: turreted head to right.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right.
Reverse: Athena seated left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield, spear behind;
in field at left: turreted head to right.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right.
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.