Coin; AR; Drachma; Greek. 16.94 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 326-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand; to l., ankh symbol; beneath throne, M I.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Myriandrus (historical place), Phoenicia
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in Paris
Production place:
Myriandrus (historical place), Phoenicia
Culture or time period:
Classical Macedonia (480-323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
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:
330-325 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 28 millimeters and weight 16.94 grams
Comment:
Stated Authority: Alexander III of Macedon
Loans:
S1971-1972 #151: History of Art (UC Berkeley)/Anna M. McCann (July 9, 1972–June 9, 1972) and S1977-1978 #51: Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (April 5, 1978–June 7, 1978)