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Start Over Object class Drachma-based coins Materials Silver alloy Accession number Acc.147

1. Coin: ar octodrachm

Museum number:
8-4327
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Octodrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
266 BC
Dimensions:
linear 35 millimeters and weight 33.24 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
Collection place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Person depicted:
Arsinoe I (Queen of Egypt, Consort of Ptolemy II Philadelphus)

2. Coin: ar octodrachm

Museum number:
8-4326
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Octodrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
270-250 BC
Dimensions:
weight 34.21 grams and linear 35 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
Collection place:
Egypt
Person depicted:
Arsinoe I (Queen of Egypt, Consort of Ptolemy II Philadelphus)

3. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4319
Culture or time period:
Hellenistic Macedonia (323-168 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
323-316 BC
Dimensions:
weight 17.14 grams and linear 29 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Arados (ancient place), Phoenicia
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)

4. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4313
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
480-470 BC
Dimensions:
weight 17.15 grams and linear 27 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Gela, Sicily, Italy
Person depicted:
Nike (Greek diety)

5. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4318
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Object class:
Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
450-400 BC
Dimensions:
linear 22 millimeters and weight 16 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Person depicted:
Athena (Greek deity)

6. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4315
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
485-478 BC
Dimensions:
linear 24 millimeters and weight 17.36 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Person depicted:
Nike (Greek diety)

7. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4312
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Object class:
Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
400-350 BC
Dimensions:
linear 30 millimeters and weight 15.14 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Thurium (historic place), Magna Graecia
Person depicted:
Athena (Greek deity)

8. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4317
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC), Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC), and Siculo-Punic
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
410-310 BC
Dimensions:
weight 18.14 grams and linear 24.3 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Sicily, Italy
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)

9. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4316
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
485-478 BC
Dimensions:
linear 26 millimeters and weight 17 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Person depicted:
Nike (Greek diety)

10. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4306
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:
Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
305-283 BC
Dimensions:
linear 29.23 millimeters and weight 15.67 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Egypt
Collection date:
unknown
Person depicted:
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Athena (Greek deity)

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