1962.98.25: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Babylon
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1962.98.25
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Babylon
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 323 BCE - 317 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Babylon (Mesopotamia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180082
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.16 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU M LU
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- D.M. Robinson collection
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 3692
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Accession Year
- 1962
- Object Number
- 1962.98.25
- 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: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU; Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., M; below throne (above strut), LU
Verification Level
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