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Tetradrachm of Kyzikos with head of Kore Soteira
Greek
Hellenistic Period
280–200 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 13.33 gm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.971
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1581.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Kore Soteira, left.
Above: Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo seated on the omphalos to left, holding a patera.
Behind him a lyre. In front, prow of a ship.
Above his right hand a monogram?
Left and right of his head: inscription in Greek.
Above: Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo seated on the omphalos to left, holding a patera.
Behind him a lyre. In front, prow of a ship.
Above his right hand a monogram?
Left and right of his head: inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; March 24, 1903: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren