Tetradrachm of Alexander III

Greek

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336-323 BCE

Silver

Weight: 17.09 g

Diameter: 15/16 in. (24.2 mm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29683

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Head of Heracles (right) wearing lion skin, separated curls Reverse: Long-haired himated seated Zeus on dotted throne left; Eagle in right outstretched hand; staff marked by dots in left hand; feet slightly apart on pillow; *A*EANPo[Y] vertically downwards in right field; *flower?* below right hand; *extended M* in field right of feet; pitchfork with superimposed but below with lower corners connected, below throne

Course History

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

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