1.1965.1173: Stater of Alexander the Great, Babylon
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1173
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Stater of Alexander the Great, Babylon
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 317 BCE-311 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Babylon (Mesopotamia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/188329
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.57 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU MI
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Elder, 1926
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 3748
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1173
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Head of Athena wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet; on bowl, coiled serpent.
Reverse: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU; Nike standing three-quarter l. holding wreath and stylis; to l., M I [Greek mu, iota]; to r., monogram [Greek mu, small tau underneath, joined to rho] in wreath.
Verification Level
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