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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.10
People
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
  • 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
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Descriptions

Description
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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