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Start Over Collector Alfred Emerson Donor John L. Balderston Culture or time period Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) Culture or time period Classical Civilizations

1. Coin: ar hemidrachm

Museum number:
8-7799
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Hemidrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
ca. 274-146 BC
Dimensions:
weight 2.335 grams and linear 15 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Rouen, Normandy, France
Collection date:
December 10-12, 1900

2. Coin: ar hemidrachm

Museum number:
8-7798
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Hemidrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
275-146 BC
Dimensions:
linear 15.6 millimeters and weight 2.185 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Peloponnese, Greece
Collection date:
unknown
Person depicted:
Zeus (Greek deity)