Coin: ar tetradrachm
- Museum number:
- 8-4306
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004306
- Accession number:
- Acc.147
- Description:
- Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.67 grams, 28.3 mm. Ptolemy I of Egypt, 323-305 BC. Obverse: Bust of Alexander r. wearing ram’s horns and elephant scalp. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ and two monograms, Athena Promacho, striding r. with shield and spear.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
- Collection place:
- Egypt
- Production place:
- Egypt
- Culture or time period:
- Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Silver alloy
- Person depicted:
- Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Athena (Greek deity)
- Inscription:
- ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 305-283 BC
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 29.23 millimeters and weight 15.67 grams
- Loans:
- S1974-1975 #8: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 5, 1973–November 19, 1974), S1982-1983 #30: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (February 28, 1983–March 17, 1983), and S1991-1992 #23: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1992–February 3, 1992)
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