Coin: ar tetradrachm
- Museum number:
- 8-4406
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004406
- Alternate number:
- Price #840 (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.; to l., A; under throne, A.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
- Collection place:
- Macedon (ancient kingdom)
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Purchased in Paris
- Production place:
- Macedon (ancient kingdom)
- Culture or time period:
- Hellenistic Macedonia (323-168 BC)
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson and Raymond Serrure
- Materials:
- Silver (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia)
- Inscription:
- ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money), Greek (language), and Tetradrachms
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 310-275 BC
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Comment:
- Stated Authority: Alexander III of Macedon Differs slightly from specimen on PELLA.
- Loans:
- S1971-1972 #151: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (July 9, 1972–June 9, 1972), S1975-1976 #22: University of Oregon (March 22, 1976–June 14, 1976), and S1990-1991 #31: Blackhawk Museums (May 1, 1991–August 11, 1994)
- Legacy documentation:
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