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Drachm of Adramyteion with head of Zeus
Greek
Hellenistic Period
200–130 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Adramyteion
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 2.91 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5527
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1386.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus, laureate, to left.
Reverse: Eagle with spread wings, standing on a thunderbolt, three-quarters front to left.
In field, left, Greek letters above a bee.
Inscription in Greek above eagle and below thunderbolt.
Reverse: Eagle with spread wings, standing on a thunderbolt, three-quarters front to left.
In field, left, Greek letters above a bee.
Inscription in Greek above eagle and below thunderbolt.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)