Coin of Alexander the Great, Macedonia mint

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.3445.71
People: Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title: Coin of Alexander the Great, Macedonia mint
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 325 BCE-310 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia
Period: Hellenistic period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/181238

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

5.49 g

Die Axis

3

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: B A

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Price 393?

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.3445.71
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion skin.
Reverse: B A; above, quiver and bow r.; below, club r.

Verification Level

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