Posthumous Alexander-type tetradrachm

Classification

coin

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

diameter: 2.89 cm, weight: 16.7 g

Date

280–275 B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

silver

Iconography

Alexander the Great ; Heracles ; lion's skin ; Zeus ; chair/throne ; eagle ; torch ; tripod

Inscription

Greek (language)

Production place

Kyzikos / Cyzicus

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Inventory

60.16.A

ID

Hyp-4445

References

Torbágyi, in BullMusHong 110–111 (2009), 76, 79, no. 7, 266, 268

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