Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander III of Macedon, Amphipolis, 336 BCE–323 BCE. 1944.100.27591

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.27591

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

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Legenda Zecca Tesoretto/gruzzolo Luogo di rinvenimento

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Sections
170, 170
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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