1932.12: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Odessos
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1932.12
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Odessos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 125 BCE-70 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Odessos (Moesia Inferior)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/186523
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.38 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: ALEXANDROU BASILEWS TH E
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 1181
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Katharine B. Taylor
- Accession Year
- 1932
- Object Number
- 1932.12
- 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: ALEXANDROU BASILEWS; Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., TH E [Greek theta epsilon]; below throne, monogram [H with small delta or lambda atop crossbar, semicircle below crossbar].
Exhibition History
- Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
Verification Level
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