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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.36
People
Issued by Aesillas, Roman
Title
Tetradrachm of Aesillas as Quaestor in Macedonia, 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/147241

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.35 g
Die Axis
11
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
CNG Sale 53, 15 March 2000, no. 226.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.36
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Alexander the Great r. with flowing hair.
Rev.: Fiscus, club and quaestor's chair within laurel wreath.

Exhibition History

  • Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008

Verification Level

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