Silver Tetradrachm with Head of Heracles
Silver Tetradrachm with Head of Heracles
Place of OriginGreece, Amphipolis
Dateabout 334-300 BCE
DimensionsDiam: 1 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumCoin, silver.
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer
Object number
1934.14
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: head of Heracles; Reverse: Zeus, seated, with eagle and staff.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Newell, Ed T., Alexander Hoards, Numismatic Notes and Monographs no. 19, Demanhur, 1905, no. 1251, p. 30.
cf. Seltman, Chas., Greek Coins, (2nd ed.), London, 1952, pl. XLVIII, 4, p. 207.
about 333 BCE
about 333 BCE
about 320-319 BCE
about 125 BCE
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE), about 305–283 BCE
321-281 BCE
68-54 BCE
about 92 BCE
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