Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4746
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004746
Alternate number:
Unknown Price Number (from Price 1991; similar to Price #2797, but without the lion print in the left field)
Accession number:
Acc.184
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Greece
Production place:
Macedon (ancient kingdom)
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
336-323 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 28 millimeters and weight 16.75 grams
Loans:
S1975-1976 #62: Classics (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1976–March 11, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4746, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.75 grams, 28 mm. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Herakles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ/...ΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated l.; beneath, A.

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