Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek.16.84 grams, 30 mm. Lysimachus, 323-281 AD. Thrace, Greece. Obverse: bust of Alexander r. Reverse: ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Pallas seated l.; to left, racing torch and monogram.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Thrace
Verbatim coll. place:
Bought at Durighello auction, Paris
Culture or time period:
Thracian Classical period (480-323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
November 10, 1900
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Athena (Greek deity)
Inscription:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
323-281 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 16.84 grams and linear 30 millimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #8: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 5, 1973–November 19, 1974), S1975-1976 #16: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 9, 1975–April 22, 1981), S1982-1983 #30: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (February 28, 1983–March 17, 1983), S1991-1992 #23: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1992–February 3, 1992), and S1996-1997 #5d: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 13, 1996–April 17, 1997)