Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4742
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004742
Alternate number:
Price #P209 (from Price 1991)
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Greece
Production place:
Susa (ancient place), Persia
Culture or time period:
Hellenistic Macedonia (323-168 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: illegible
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
320-316 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 27 millimeters and weight 17.02 grams
Comment:
Authority: Philip III Arrhidaeus Stated Authority: Philip III Arrhidaeus
Loans:
S1971-1972 #151: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (July 9, 1972–June 9, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4742, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4742, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4742, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4742, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4742, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4742, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4742, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles r. Reverse: Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.; beneath, ΛΑ.

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