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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.8
People
Issued by Aesillas, Roman
Title
Tetradrachm of Aesillas as Quaestor in Macedonia, Thessalonike
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
90 - 70 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonike (Macedonia)
Period
Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20770

Physical Descriptions

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.41 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bauslaugh not

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.8
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.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/10/2018 - 02/06/2019

Verification Level

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