Price #2088 (Similar to Price #2088; from Price 1991)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR; Drachma; Greek. 4.10 grams, 18 mm. Alexander the Great, 330-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand; to l., thunderbolt; beneath throne, monogram.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Miletus (historic place), Ionia
Production place:
Miletus (historic place), Ionia
Culture or time period:
Classical Macedonia (480-323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
IΔI and ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Drachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
325-323 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 18 millimeters and weight 4.1 grams
Comment:
Authority: Alexander III of Macedon Stated Authority: Alexander III of Macedon