2008.115.31: Tetradrachm of Alexander III, the Great, Ake
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.115.31
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Alexander III, the Great, Ake
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 309-308 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Ptolemaïs-Ake (Phoenicia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/191617
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.16 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: AK 38
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Baldwin sale
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 3295
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.115.31
- 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 Herakles r. in lion skin.
Reverse: ALEXANDR[OU], Zeus enthroned l., holding eagle and scepter, feet on footstool; to l., AK[E], year 38 (=309/8 BCE) in Phoenician characters.
Verification Level
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