63.1975: Stater of Alexander the Great, Uncertain East
Coins
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 63.1975
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Stater of Alexander the Great, Uncertain East
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 325 BCE-300 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Uncertain Mint
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184006
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.59 g
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
William R.W. Fitz stated: "inherited this
coin from my great grandmother, Mrs. Edwin S. Webster who died in 1969 at the age of 99. She and her
husband, Edwin S. Webster, collected the coin sometime before his death in 1950 and probably before World
War II."
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 3993A
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from William R. W. Fitz, Jr.
- Object Number
- 63.1975
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Athena r. wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet; on bowl, coiled serpent; below, branch(?).
Reverse: Nike standing three-quarter l. holding wreath and stylis. No symbols under wings.
Verification Level
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