Tetradrachm

Inscriptions

Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander the Great with the horn of Ammon; Dent in cheek Reverse: Helmetted head of Athena Promachos striding right wearing a diaphanous chiton; shield in left hand, spear in right; eagle on thunderbolt; AEAN*o*Y* vertically upwards in field left of Athena; two upside down A's almost encircled by a thin line to left of right knee; I to right of left thigh; Blank exergue

Provenance

Glenn Babbitt; given to present collection, 1974.

Catalogue Raisonne

Grose, pl. 363.2-8; BMC no. 24, p. 4, p. I/6

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