2005.115.10: Posthumous Tetradrachm of Lysimachos, Byzantium
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.10
- People
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Lysimachos, Greek (r. 323-281 BCE)
- Title
- Posthumous Tetradrachm of Lysimachos, Byzantium
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 190 - 140 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Byzantium (Thrace)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20726
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.71 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: BASILEOS LYSIMACHOY and monograms
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.10
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of the deified Alexander the Great to r., wearing diadem, with curly hair floating behind his neck, horn of Zeus Ammon around his ear.
Rev.: Athena seated on throne to l., wearing a Corinthian helmet on her head, holding a small Nike on her outstretched r. hand and resting her l. elbow on a large oval shield behind her on the ground. Monogram: KE under her r. arm and BY under throne.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011
Verification Level
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