1942.176.274: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Berytus?
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.176.274
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Berytus?
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 323 BCE-320 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Berytos (Phoenicia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/178352
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.34 g
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: O B LI
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 3412 or 3413?
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.176.274
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion skin.
Reverse: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., O B(?); below throne, AI (or LI)
Verification Level
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