Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.14 grams, 29 mm. Phillip III, 323-316 BC. Obverse: Head of Heracles r., wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated on stool-throne l., eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand; ΛΥ in left field, monogram beneath throne.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Arados (ancient place), Phoenicia
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in London, England
Production place:
Arados (ancient place), Phoenicia
Culture or time period:
Hellenistic Macedonia (323-168 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Silver alloy
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΠΠΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
323-316 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 29 millimeters and weight 17.14 grams
Comment:
Authority: Alexander III of Macedon
Loans:
S1974-1975 #51: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (January 22, 1975–January 22, 1975) and S1975-1976 #62: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1976–March 11, 1976)