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Coin Catalog Number: Dewing 2780

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Collection:Arthur S. Dewing Collection
Material:Gold
Denomination:Stater
Mint:Cyrene Region:Cyrenaica
Date:ca. 331 B.C. - 322 B.C. Period:Hellenistic
Issuing Authority:
Actual Weight:8.57 Die Axis:315 degrees

Obverse Type:

Quadriga driven by Nike profile to the right; above, a star

Obverse Legend:

KURANAION (off flan)

Reverse Type:

Zeus seated on a throne, profile to the left, holding scepter; in left field, an eagle, wings outspread, holding a serpent in its beak

Reverse Legend:

IASONOS

Commentary:

L. Naville, Monnaies d'or de la Cyrenaique (Geneva, 1951); Naville 26.

(Arthur Houghton)

Keywords:

chariot, eagle, Nike, quadriga, scepter, snake, star, throne

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2 Images

Archive NumberCaption
1990.26.0652Obverse: Quadriga driven by Nike profile to the right; above, a star
1990.26.0653Reverse: Zeus seated on a throne, profile to the left, holding scepter; in left field, an eagle, wings outspread, holding a serpent in its beak
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