Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4737
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004737
Alternate number:
Price #104 (from Price 1991)
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Amphipolis, Serres, Greek Macedonia
Production place:
Amphipolis, Serres, Greek Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Hellenistic Macedonia (323-168 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
323-320 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 26 millimeters and weight 16.79 grams
Comment:
Stated Authority: Alexander III of Macedon
Loans:
S1971-1972 #151: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (July 9, 1972–June 9, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4737, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4737, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4737, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4737, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4737, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4737, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4737, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.79 grams, 26mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on r. hand, scepter in l.; to left, cornucopia.

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