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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with busts of Alexander I Balas and Kleopatra Thea
Greek
Hellenistic Period
150 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Ptolemaïs/Ake
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 15.80 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.507
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 280.
DescriptionObverse: Jugate busts to right, of Alexander I Balas (diademed) and Kleopatra Thea (as Tyche).
Cornucopia and A behind.
Reverse: Zeus enthroned to left, holding scepter-staff in left hand, Nike with thunderbolt on extended right hand. Ground line.
Inscriptions at left and right.
Cornucopia and A behind.
Reverse: Zeus enthroned to left, holding scepter-staff in left hand, Nike with thunderbolt on extended right hand. Ground line.
Inscriptions at left and right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: H. L. Haughton Collection; by 1958: with Sotheby & Co., 34 & 35 New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the Haughton Collection, April 30 and May 1, 1958, lot 210); purchased on behalf of MFA at the Haughton auction by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., June 5, 1958, for £ 558/10/0 (this is the total price for 58.504-58.514)