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Quarter-Stater of Alexander III
311-305 BCE (Early Hellenistic)
Obverse: Head of Athena, helmeted, right. Reverse: Nike standing left, draped, holding a staff in her left hand, a wreath in her right; in field to left, above, MI; below, a ligature MP encircled by a wreath.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John Walsh, Sr. [date of acquisition unknown], by gift; John Walsh, 2nd [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1948, by purchase.
Geographies
Iraq, Babylon (?) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1948
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.702