Coin: ar drachm

Museum number:
8-9380
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
A-Gr-17 (original number) and Price #1427 (from Price 1991)
Accession number:
Acc.4522
Object count:
1
Description:
Macedon, Alexander the Great (III), AR drachm. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. In Left Field: Mouse, facing right.
Donor:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx and Eleanor W. Amyx
Collection place:
Lampsacus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia
Production place:
Lampsacus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx and Eleanor W. Amyx
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Drachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
310-301 BC
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-9380, described as Macedon, Alexander the Great (III), AR drachm. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. In Left Field: Mouse, facing right.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-9380, described as Macedon, Alexander the Great (III), AR drachm. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. In Left Field: Mouse, facing right.

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