2005.115.6: Drachm of Alexander III, the Great, 'Kolophon'
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.6
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Drachm of Alexander III, the Great, 'Kolophon'
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 310 BCE-301 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kolophon (Ionia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20727
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.9 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber; bought 1973 in auction from Michael Mais, Pale Heights, Ill.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 1825
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.6
- 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: Zeus seated on throne l. holding eagle and scepter; to l., monogram [K with arc in center]; below throne, crescent.
Verification Level
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