Description
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.
Provenance
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.
Inscriptions
[Inscription, Greek; reverse] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ [Translation] Of King Alexander
Credit
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1948
