Unknown Price Number (from Price 1991; cannot find reference to monogram )
Accession number:
Acc.184
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.33 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: Head of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched r. hand, scepter in l.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Macedon (ancient kingdom)
Production place:
Macedon (ancient kingdom)
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:
Reverse legend: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
336-323 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 28 millimeters and weight 16.33 grams
Loans:
S1971-1972 #151: History of Art (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (July 9, 1972–June 9, 1972)