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Tetradrachm of Macedonia with head of Herakles, struck in the name of Alexander III
Greek
Hellenistic Period
280–275 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia (?), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 16.95 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.170
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0694.
DescriptionObverse:: Like 00.168; hair of mane in four horizontal rows of curls.
Reverse: Zeus as in 00.169. In field left, a bunch of grapes.
Monogram under throne and inscription in Greek at right.
Coin of Alexander III, Macedonia.
Reverse: Zeus as in 00.169. In field left, a bunch of grapes.
Monogram under throne and inscription in Greek at right.
Coin of Alexander III, Macedonia.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren