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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1137
People
Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title
Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Mesembria
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
125 BCE-65 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mesembria (Thrace)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188341

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.24 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ALEXANDROU BASILEWS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ars Classica 13, 27 June 1928, 525

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Price 1117

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
1.1965.1137
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: ALEXANDROU BASILEWS; Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., crested helmet r. and symbol [letters NK joined]; below throne, symbol [letters MH superimposed, arc in center joining diagonals]

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