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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Ptolemy I
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
306 B.C.
Mint: Egypt (Kingdom), possibly Memphis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 15.68 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.160
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2256.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon, diademed and clad in elephant's skin and aegis.
Reverse: Athena Alkidemos.
Eagle at right.
Inscription in Greek at left and monograms at left and right.
Reverse: Athena Alkidemos.
Eagle at right.
Inscription in Greek at left and monograms at left and right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Robert Carfrae Collection; by 1894: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Carfrae collection, May 23-25, 1894, lot 341); by 1895: with Edward Perry Warren; February 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)