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Tetradrachm of Macedonia with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Aesillas
Greek
Hellenistic Period
93/2–88 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Thessalonike
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 16.49 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.1298
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 055.
DescriptionObverse: Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, with ram's horn; hair in separate curly locks falling long on neck.
At left, mint initial: Greek letter theta. Inscription.
Reverse: Club downwards within laurel wreath; at left , money chest with lid; at right, quaestor's seat.
Above wreath, monogram. AESILLAS and Greek letter koppa.
At left, mint initial: Greek letter theta. Inscription.
Reverse: Club downwards within laurel wreath; at left , money chest with lid; at right, quaestor's seat.
Above wreath, monogram. AESILLAS and Greek letter koppa.
ProvenanceBy 1960: with Cornelius C. Vermeule III who had acquired it in Athens on behalf of MFA; November 9, 1960: purchased by MFA from Cornelius C. Vermeule III for $ 150.00