Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing a loin skin over his head and tied around his neck. The other side of the coin depicts a man seated on a throne facing left, right arm outstretched holding an eagle, left arm raised hold a staff with a decorative flower on top; to the left a plow, small dots surround the border.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1157
People
Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title
Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Tarsos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
327-323 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tarsos (Cilicia)
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188594

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.18 g
Die Axis
4
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robinson collection

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Price 3020, Newell 30

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
1.1965.1157
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 flowering scepter; to l., plow; under the throne Θ.

Exhibition History

  • Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
  • 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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