Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.34 grams, 28 mm. Aesillas, 89 BC. Thessaloniki, Greece. Obverse: ......N, bust of Alexander the Great r. Reverse: AESILLAS, club between fissus and subsellium; to r., q.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
purchased in Paris
Production place:
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Culture or time period:
Ancient Macedonia (808-168 BC), Late Greek Hellenistic Period (ca. 146–31 BC), and Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Raymond Serrure
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: AESILLAS/Q and Obverse legend: ...... N
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
89 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 16.34 grams and linear 28 millimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #22: University of Oregon (March 22, 1976–June 14, 1976) and S1996-1997 #5d: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 13, 1996–April 17, 1997)