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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.86.153
Title
Coin of Alexandreia ad Issum
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Alexandreia ad Issum (Cilicia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Hellenistic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175598

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.11 g
Die Axis
11
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: AΛEΞANΔPEΩN

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Lev 1835; BMC 2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
1980.86.153
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Alexander r., as youthful Herakles wearing lion's scalp.
Rev.: Zeus standing l. wearing himation, holding in r. hand a wreath; type, inscription and monogram all within wreath.

Verification Level

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