Coin: ar tetrobol

Museum number:
8-5549
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005549
Accession number:
Acc.925
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.
Donor:
John L. Balderston
Collection place:
Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
Production place:
Lacedaemon, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
John L. Balderston
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Castor and Pollux (Greek and Roman deities) and Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetrobols
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
250-146 BC
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 2.417 grams and linear 17 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetrobol, accession number 8-5549, described as Coin; AR; Tetrobol; Greek. 2.4170 grams, 17 mm. 250-146 BC. Laconia, Greece. Obverse: head of bearded Herakles r. Reverse: Amphora between caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by stars; all in wreath; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. Remarks: "(attributed by Bauslaugh, 1972)" "condition good; obverse relief no centered.

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