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Tetradrachm of Macedonia (?) with head of Herakles, struck in the name of Alexander III
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
300–280 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (?), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 17.18 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.169
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0693.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Herakles to right, lionskin over head and tied under chin.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left, on a throne with a high back, holding eagle on right hand and scepter in left.
Monograms in field at left and under throne. Inscription in Greek at right.
Posthumous issue of coinage of Alexander the Great.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left, on a throne with a high back, holding eagle on right hand and scepter in left.
Monograms in field at left and under throne. Inscription in Greek at right.
Posthumous issue of coinage of Alexander the Great.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren