2005.115.5: Tetradrachm of Alexander III, the Great, Damascus
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.5
- People
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Alexander III, the Great, Greek (r. 336-323 BCE Babylon)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Alexander III, the Great, Damascus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 330 BCE-320 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Damascus (Syria)
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20771
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.96 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Price 3210
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
- 2005.115.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion skin.
Rev.: Zeus seated on throne to l., holding scepter in l. hand and eagle in extended r.; to l. in field, ram's forepart r.; under throne above strut: 4 globules, below: delta alpha.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011
Verification Level
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