Coin: ar drachm (barbarous imitation)

Museum number:

8-7794

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Alternate number:

8-4490b (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.147

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin. Silver drachma. Greek. (2.04 grams; 17 mm.) Barbarian imitation of Alexander the Great. Obverse: Barbarous rendering of head of Heracles, facing right. Reverse: Zeus seated facing left. Monogram in field left and symbol in field right.

Donor:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection place:

Greece

Culture or time period:

Classical Macedonia (480-323 BC) and Gallic

Collector:

Alfred Emerson

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Person depicted:

Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Zeus (Greek deity)

Object type:

archaeology

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

linear 17 millimeters and weight 2.04 grams

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