Drachm of Alexander the Great, 'Colophon'

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1987.32.65
People: Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title: Drachm of Alexander the Great, 'Colophon'
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 319 BCE-310 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor
Period: Hellenistic period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/177451

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 3.86 g
Die Axis: 12
Denomination: drachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Price 1794

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Rya W. Zobel in memory of Paul Weickert
Accession Year: 1987
Object Number: 1987.32.65
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of young Heracles wearing lion skin r.
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne l. holding eagle and scepter; to l., monogram [sigma with omega sideways to r.]; below throne, monogram [reversed E fused with K].

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