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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1227
People
Issued by Aesillas, Roman
Title
Tetradrachm of Aesillas as Quaestor in Macedonia, Thessalonike
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
90 BCE - 70 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonike (Macedonia)
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188131

Physical Descriptions

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.64 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): Overstruck: at lower r., quaestor's chair of similar type.
  • Obverse Inscription: MAKEDONWN TH
  • Reverse Inscription: AESILLAS Q

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bauslaugh; cf. SNGAshmolean (5) 3308

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
1.1965.1227
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of the deified Alexander to r. , beardless, with long floating hair and the horn of Zeus Ammon around his ear. Behind, letter theta.
Rev.: Vertical club of Herakles flanked by money chest (cista) to l. and a quaestor's chair (sella) to r. , surrounded by a laurel wreath. In right field the letter Q for quaestor; below chair, pellet.

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