Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.37 grams, 29 mm. Alexander II Zebina, 123 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Alexander r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Ancient Syria
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in Paris
Production place:
Ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Thracian Classical period (480-323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Alexander II Zebina (King of Syria) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
128-123 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 29 millimeters and weight 16.37 grams
Loans:
S1996-1997 #5d: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 13, 1996–April 17, 1997)