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Stater: Obverse, Alexander the Great Wearing the Ram's Horns of Ammon; Reverse, Athena Seated with Nike

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Stater: Obverse, Alexander the Great Wearing the Ram's Horns of Ammon; Reverse, Athena Seated with Nike

Artist/Maker Greek

Date281 BCE

MediumGold

DimensionsDiameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney

Object number1904.1233

Status

On view

ProvenanceCharles F. Olney [1831-1903], Cleveland, OH; by inheritance 1903 to Abigail L. Olney [d. 1904], Cleveland, OH; by bequest 1904 to Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; by transfer 1917 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

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