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Tetradrachm of Kyme with head of Kyme
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 190 B.C.
Mint: Aeolis, Kyme
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 16.23 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5546
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1651.
DescriptionObverse: Head of the Amazon Kyme to right, with hair caught in a knot behind and bound by a fillet.
Reverse: Within a laurel wreath a long-legged horse, bridled, standing to right, with left forefoot raised.
Plain exergual line, on which, in front of the horse a deep, one-handled cup.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and in the exergue.
Reverse: Within a laurel wreath a long-legged horse, bridled, standing to right, with left forefoot raised.
Plain exergual line, on which, in front of the horse a deep, one-handled cup.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and in the exergue.
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)