Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4405
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004405
Alternate number:
Price #3073 (from Price 1991)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Southern Asia Minor (historical place)
Verbatim coll. place:
bought in Paris
Production place:
Southern Asia Minor (historical place)
Culture or time period:
Hellenistic Macedonia (323-168 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Raymond Serrure
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
320-280 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 15.98 grams and linear 26 millimeters
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 8-4405, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4405, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4405, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4405, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4405, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4405, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4405, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.98 grams, 26 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 AD. Obverse: bust of Heracles r., lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l.; in exegue, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ.

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