Object name: Coin: ar tetradrachm / Object class: Figure- and animal-derived motifs / Donor: M. Boissé

Museum number:: 8-4424
Culture or time period:: Aeolian, Attalid dynasty (ca. 282–133 BC), and Mysians
Object class:: Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
Maker or artist:: Attalus I
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 241-197 BC
Dimensions:: linear 31 millimeters and weight 16.99 grams
Collector:: Alfred Emerson
Collection place:: Pergamon (ancient city), Mysia
Collection date:: unknown
Person depicted:: Athena (Greek deity) and Philetaerus (King of Pergamon)

Museum number:: 8-4413
Culture or time period:: Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:: Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 323-305 BC
Dimensions:: weight 15.55 grams and linear 30 millimeters
Collector:: Alfred Emerson and Raymond Serrure
Collection place:: Cyprus
Collection date:: unknown
Person depicted:: Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Athena (Greek deity)

Museum number:: 8-4306
Culture or time period:: Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:: Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 305-283 BC
Dimensions:: weight 15.67 grams and linear 29.23 millimeters
Collector:: Alfred Emerson
Collection place:: Egypt
Collection date:: unknown
Person depicted:: Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Athena (Greek deity)

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