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 a man's head facing right, bearded, with long tendrils of curly hair falling around neck, held in place with a laurel wreath. The other side of the coin depicts a man riding a horse facing right, holding a palm branch, between the horse's legs, a thunderbolt. Greek characters line the top right and left border.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.27
People
Philip II of Macedonia, Greek (r. 359-336 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Philip II of Macedonia, Pella
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
342-336 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Pella (Macedonia)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191629

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
14.39 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Rider I 289a (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.27
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus r.
Reverse: Youthful horseman with palm-branch r.; below, fulmen.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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