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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
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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

Verification Level

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