Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, mounted as a cufflink, Babylon?

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1992.292
People: Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, mounted as a cufflink, Babylon?
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 317 BCE-311 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Babylon (Mesopotamia)
Period: Hellenistic period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/288879

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

25.02 g

Denomination

tetradrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU H

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: cf. Price 3704?

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Richard and Priscilla Hunt
Accession Year: 1992
Object Number: 1992.292
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of young Heracles, facing r., wearing lionskin headdress
Reverse: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU; Zeus seated on throne l. holding eagle and scepter; below throne, H; to l., ? (obscured by setting)

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