1954.70.1: Tetradrachm of Macedonia under Aesillas Quaestor, Thessalonike

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1954.70.1

People

Issued by Aesillas, Roman

Title

Tetradrachm of Macedonia under Aesillas Quaestor, 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/196568

Physical Descriptions

Medium

silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

16.67 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

tetradrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: obverse: MAKE(DONWN)
• inscription: reverse: AESILLAS

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

McClean 3716; BMC 81-83; Bauslaugh

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Gorham P. Stevens

Accession Year

1954

Object Number

1954.70.1

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obv.: Head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing Ammon's horn; inscription below; minter's mark behind
Rev.: Club between money chest and quaestor's chair; inscription above; minter's mark to right; all enclosed within laurel wreath

Exhibition History

• Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/10/2018 - 02/06/2019

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