Coin: ar drachm

Museum number:

8-7796

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Alternate number:

8-4490c (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.147

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin. Silver drachma. Greek. (4.20 gms.; 18 mm.) Alexander the Great. Obverse: Herakles head facing right in lion’s skin. Reverse: Illegible. Zeus seated on throne facing left, holding eagle in right hand, scepter in left; in left field, K; crescent under throne.

Donor:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection place:

North Macedonia

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)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Coins (money) and Drachms

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

336-323 BC

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

linear 18 millimeters and weight 4.2 grams

Images:

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