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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1152
People
Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title
Drachm of Alexander the Great, Miletos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
295 BCE-275 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Miletos (Ionia)
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188013

Physical Descriptions

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

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Acq. Spink, 1930

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Price 2148

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.1152
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of young Herakles r. wearing lion skin.
Reverse: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., symbol [roughly: circle around upside-down M with line joining feet and small arc at top left corner, small tau inside/below]; below throne, double axe.

Verification Level

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