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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.9
People
Aesillas, Roman
Title
Tetradrachm of Aesillas as Quaestor in Macedonia, Bottiaia(?)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
90 BCE - 70 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Bottiaia (Macedonia)
Period
Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.89 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: MAKEDONON off flan) and B
  • Reverse Inscription: AESILLAS and Q

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bauslaugh O14 R83

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
2005.115.9
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of the deified Alexander to r. , beardless, with long floating hair and the horn of Zeus Ammon around his ear. In front under chin letter B
Rev.: Vertical club of Herakles flanked by money chest (cista) to l. and a quaestor's chair (sella) to r. , surrounded by a laurel wreath. In right field the letter Q for quaestor.

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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