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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.22
People
Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title
Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Babylon
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
311 BCE-305 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Unidentified Mint
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Culture
Hellenistic or Early Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94382

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.95 g
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • design: Traces of overstrike
  • Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU MI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Price 3751

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Selim Dere and Family
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.22
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of youthful Herakles to r. wearing lion skin.
Rev.: Zeus seated to l., holding eagle and scepter; to l. in field, MI; under throne, monogram [M with small T inside fused with R] within wreath; to r. ALEXANDROU [BASILEWS off-flan]. Traces of overstrike.

Verification Level

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