Drachm of Alexander the Great, Magnesia ad Meandrum

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1895.258
People: Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title: Drachm of Alexander the Great, Magnesia ad Meandrum
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 319 BCE-305 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Magnesia ad Meandron (Ionia)
Period: Hellenistic period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/180122

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 4.09 g
Die Axis: 12
Denomination: drachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Price 1955

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
Accession Year: 1895
Object Number: 1895.258
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion skin.
Reverse: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., torch with fillets; below, monogram [lambda; inside, small T]

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