Silver 4 drachm (tetradrachm) of Alexander III of Macedon, Uncertain, 320 BC - 250 BC. 1944.100.26628

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.26628

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Obverse: Beardless head of Heracles r. wearing lion skin headdress
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Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ - Zeus seated on stool-throne l., holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
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Physical Description

  • Authenticity: Imitation
  • Axis: 1

  • Conservation State

    • Secondary Treatment: Test-marked

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 17.45
    • Diameter (in mm): 26

Typological Description

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1944.100.26628
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Notes

  • Imitation; test mark. Similar to Price.3070

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Annotations

1. Edward T. Newell hoard notebook, undated

Sections
93, 93
Creator
Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Abstract
Notebook containing notes on coins of various hoards, along with loose leaves with additional coin lists, notes, and rubbings. A detached label once adhered to the cover of the album reads, "HOARDS II." Includes a letter to Margaret Thompson from Martin Price of the British Museum relating to a joint project on the coins of Alexander the Great (1968). Hoards covered in the notebook are Sardis, Anadol, Aleppo, Ankyra, Aintab, Andhritsena, Abu Hommos, Taranto, Bithynian, Demanhur, Chalcis (Eretria), Calabria, Constantinople, Cyprus (Larnaka), Peloponessos, Drama, Greece (Tiffany), Eretria, Epidaurus, Sparta, Patras, Gesou, Haiffa, Prof. Haynes, Saida, Jandolo, Anadol, Kuft, Kyparissia, Keleler, Karditsa, Messene, Larnaka, Lamia, Latakie, Mosul, Marasesti, Patras, Parthian, Philip II Staters, Ravel, Salonica, Sophikon, Taranto, Tripolitsa, Thebes, Urfa, Gejou, Lamia, and Kyparissia.
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