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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Macedonia with head of Herakles, struck under Adramelek in the name of Alexander III
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
330–320 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (Kingdom), Byblos (Phoenicia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 17.20 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.734
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0684.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youthful Herakles to right with lion's skin.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Zeus laureate seated to left on throne without back, right foot drawn back on foot stool, a himation over his knees; eagle on right hand, left hand on beaded sceptre.
At left monogram and at right inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Zeus laureate seated to left on throne without back, right foot drawn back on foot stool, a himation over his knees; eagle on right hand, left hand on beaded sceptre.
At left monogram and at right inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceCanon William Greenwell (b. 1820 - d. 1918), Durham, England. 1904, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 1, 1904)
NOTE: Not listed as Greenwell by K. Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren (1906), p. 106, no. 659.
NOTE: Not listed as Greenwell by K. Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren (1906), p. 106, no. 659.