Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, "Amphipolis"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1976.79.1096
People: Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, "Amphipolis"
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 323 BCE-320 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Amphipolis (Macedonia)
Period: Hellenistic period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/181486

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 17.18 g
Die Axis: 3
Denomination: tetradrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Price 106

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year: 1976
Object Number: 1976.79.1096
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: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., bow and quiver.

Publication History

Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World, Cornell University Press (Ithaca, 2022), p. 27, fig. 1-3

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1976.79.1096: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, "Amphipolis"