Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-9381
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080009381
Alternate number:
A-Gr-18 (original number) and Price #1181 (from Price 1991)
Accession number:
Acc.4522
Description:
Alexander the Great (III), AR tetradrachm. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. Left field: ΘΕ. Beneath Throne: Monogram.
Donor:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx and Eleanor W. Amyx
Collection place:
Odessus, ancient Thrace
Production place:
Odessus, ancient Thrace
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx and Eleanor W. Amyx
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
125-70 BC
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-9381, described as Alexander the Great (III), AR tetradrachm. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. Left field: ΘΕ. Beneath Throne: Monogram.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-9381, described as Alexander the Great (III), AR tetradrachm. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. Left field: ΘΕ. Beneath Throne: Monogram.

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