Countermarked tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Perge

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1990.62
People: Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
Title: Countermarked tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Perge
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 196 BCE-195 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Perge (Pamphylia)
Period: Hellenistic period, Middle
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/196490

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

16.62 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

tetradrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

countermark: Rev. countermark: anchor
Reverse Inscription: K[ (26)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: cf. Price 2940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. H. Bartlett Wells
Accession Year: 1990
Object Number: 1990.62
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of young Heracles, facing right, wearing lionskin headdress
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne l. holding eagle and scepter; to l., monogram K[ (Greek kappa digamma; 26); to r., anchor countermark.

Verification Level

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