Object Title
Coin of Lysimachos of Thrace (obverse: Alexander the Great as Zeus Ammon; reverse: seated Athena holding Nike)
Measurements
Diameter: 1 1/4 inches (3.175 cm.); Depth: 3/16 inch (.476 cm.)
Creation Date
c. 300 B.C.
Credit Line
Given in memory of Jerry L. Abramson by his estate
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
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Provenance Information
c. 1970s in the collection of Jerry L. Abramson, Dallas, Texas; lent to the Dallas Museum of Art since July 2005; given to DMA by Mr. Abramson's estate (accession date: January 30, 2009).
Exhibition Information
East Meets West, DMA, August 7 to November 27, 2005. DMA from July 2006 through the present.
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work was on long-term loan to the DMA beginning in July 2005, prior to its acquisition in 2009.The work has been publicly exhibited in 2005 and continuously since July 2006. Although the collector from whose estate the DMA acquired this work began collecting in the 1960s or '70s, the DMA has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition because of the death of the former owner. The ancient Mediterranean engraved gemstones and intaglio rings, beads, amulets, and this coin, all given by this donor or his estate, complement the DMA's collection of ancient Etruscan, Greek, and Roman gold jewelry. This work is the only ancient Mediterranean coin in the DMA's collection.