Tetradrachm of Aesillas as Quaestor in Macedonia, Thessalonike

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.176.24
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/180316

Physical Descriptions

Medium

silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.14 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

tetradrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: MAKEDONWN below.
Reverse Inscription: AESILLAS above; Q in r. field

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Bauslaugh O60

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: 1942.176.24
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Head of Alexander r., with horn of Ammon; behind, capital theta; below, MAKEDONWN.
Rev.: Money chest (fiscus), club and quaestor's chair (sella); above, AESILLAS; in r. field, Q. All within olive wreath.

Verification Level

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