Hearst Museum of Anthropology

2. Coin: ar drachm

Museum number:: 8-5578
Culture or time period:: Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC) and Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
Object class:: Coins (money) and Drachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 150-145 BC
Dimensions:: linear 16 millimeters and weight 4.03 grams
Collector:: John L. Balderston
Collection place:: Ancient Syria
Person depicted:: Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Apollo (Greek and Roman diety)

Museum number:: 8-5563
Culture or time period:: Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC) and Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Object class:: Coins (money) and Drachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 370-280 BC
Dimensions:: linear 17 millimeters and weight 2.5639 grams
Collector:: John L. Balderston
Collection place:: Philasia (ancient place), Peloponnese, Greece

Museum number:: 8-5580
Culture or time period:: Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC) and Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
Object class:: Coins (money) and Drachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 143 BC
Dimensions:: weight 4.1 grams and linear 18 millimeters
Collector:: John L. Balderston
Collection place:: Ancient Syria
Person depicted:: Antiochus VI Dionysus (King of Syria) and Apollo (Greek and Roman diety)