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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.5
People
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
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Descriptions

Description
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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