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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with bust of Alexander I Balas
Greek
Hellenistic Period
150–145 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 16.47 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.976
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 281.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed bust of Alexander I, Balas, to right.
Cable border.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on draped omphalos, bow in lowered left hand, arrow in right. Ground line. Monograms at left and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek in left and right fields, downwards.
Cable border.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on draped omphalos, bow in lowered left hand, arrow in right. Ground line. Monograms at left and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek in left and right fields, downwards.
ProvenanceFrom hoard discovered in Susiana in 1958-1959. By 1962: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; November 14, 1962: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. for $ 210-