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Tetradrachm of Aspendos with head of Herakles, struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedonia
Greek
Hellenistic Period
212–182 B.C.
Mint: Pamphylia, Aspendos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 32.5 mm. Weight: 16.71 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.558
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 240.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Alexander-Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin.
Circular counterstamp: inscription in Greek within wreath.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left, holding eagle on right hand, scepter-staff vertically in left. Ground line.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right.
Dated to year 12 = about 100 B.C.
Circular counterstamp: inscription in Greek within wreath.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left, holding eagle on right hand, scepter-staff vertically in left. Ground line.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right.
Dated to year 12 = about 100 B.C.
ProvenanceBy about 1962: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XVI, no.19); June 6, 1962: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 65.00