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ID number: BIRBI-G0008 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Lysimachus; Lysimachia Denomination: Tetradrachm Place made: Eksemil Culture: Greek Date made: 328 BC-281 BC Metal: Silver Weight (g): 16.98 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Bt Sotheby's, Hunt sale, lot 190, 19 June 1991, through the P. D. Whitting Fund (PDWF no. 15). |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great r., wearing horn of Ammon. Reverse: Athena seated l. with Nike on palm holding wreath; lion's head and monogram in field to l.
Inscriptions: Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΑΕΩΣ (King). Mint-mark: K
Bibliography: Cf. SNG Berry 400; cf. Seaby 6815
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