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Tridrachm of Kyzikos with head of Kore Soteira
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 280 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 10.44 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.642
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 154.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Kore Soteira to left, wearing half sphendone, wreath of wheat ears, earring and necklace.
Inscription around.
Reverse: Half-draped Apollo seated to left, on an omphalos; his left arm rests on a large lyre, and the extended right hand holds a phiale. Tunny to left beneath feet.
Inscription in left and right fields. Monogram at left.
Inscription around.
Reverse: Half-draped Apollo seated to left, on an omphalos; his left arm rests on a large lyre, and the extended right hand holds a phiale. Tunny to left beneath feet.
Inscription in left and right fields. Monogram at left.
ProvenanceAugust 1, 1961: 61.642-61.645 acquired by Cornelius C. Vermeule in the art market on behalf of MFA for $ 2000- with discretionary funds voted in advance by the Committee on the Collections; accessioned by MFA, September 20, 1961