Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.00 grams, 25 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: Head of Heracles r. wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated on stool-throne l., eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand; to left, rose; beneath, ΔΙ-Ο.
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Memphis, Lower Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Greece
Production place:
Memphis, Lower Egypt
Culture or time period:
Classical Macedonia (480-323 BC)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: [AL] E XANDROY
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
332-323 BC
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 25 millimeters and weight 17 grams
Comment:
Authority: Alexander III of Macedon Stated Authority: Alexander III of Macedon
Loans:
S1954-1955 #4: UC Berkeley, Hearst Mining Building (April 14, 1955–January 15, 1958), S1971-1972 #151: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (July 9, 1972–June 9, 1972), and S1977-1978 #12: Cunningham & Walsh Advertising, Inc. (October 5, 1977–October 13, 1977)