Coin: ar tetradrachm
- Museum number:
- 8-4317
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004317
- Accession number:
- Acc.147
- Description:
- Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Siculo-Punic. 18.14 grams, 24.3 mm. 410-310 BC. Obverse: Head of young Heracles facing right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Horse's head facing left; behind, palm tree; lower left, sprig of wheat; below, Punic legend.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
- Collection place:
- Sicily, Italy
- Production place:
- Sicily, Italy
- Culture or time period:
- Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC), Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC), and Siculo-Punic
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson
- Materials:
- Silver alloy
- Person depicted:
- Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
- Inscription:
- Reverse exergue: punic legend
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 410-310 BC
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- weight 18.14 grams and linear 24.3 millimeters
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