Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4407
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004407
Alternate number:
Price #141a (from Price 1991)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Arados (ancient place), Phoenicia
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in Paris.
Production place:
Arados (ancient place), Phoenicia
Culture or time period:
Hellenistic Macedonia (323-168 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Raymond Serrure
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: PHILIPPOY BASILEOS
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
323-316 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 27 millimeters and weight 17.09 grams
Comment:
Authority: Philip III Arrhidaeus
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4407, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.09 grams, 27 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; under throne, I.

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