Coin: ar hemidrachm

Museum number:
8-4448
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004448
Alternate number:
8-4448A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Zeus (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Hemidrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
191-146 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 2.5143 grams and linear 17 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.

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