Ancient Greek coin

Details

• Title

  Ancient Greek coin

• Associated people

  Alexander III of Macedonia (-336 - -323) (ruler)

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Macedonia › Strymonian and Bottiaean District › Amphipolis (mint)

• Date

  c. 315 BC–c. 294 BC

• Material and technique

  silver, struck

• Material index

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  struck

• Denomination

  Tetradrachm

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  26 mm (diameter)
  17.12 g (weight)
  3 o'clock (die-axis)

• Inscription/mark

  ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

• Design

  Head of Heracles, beardless, right, wearing lion-skin (obverse)

  
  

  Zeus seated, right leg drawn back, on backless throne, holding sceptre and eagle; Λ, torch in left field, cantharus below throne (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR23276

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR23276

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