Tetradrachm

29-126-576

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-576
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Ptolemaic
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Cyprus
Creator Ptolemy I
Period Ptolemy I
Date Made 323-305 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Alexander the Great | Elephant's Scalp | Athena | Helmet | Eagle | Thunderbolt
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Alexander the Great. Head of Alexander the Great r. wearing elephant scalp. Athena fighting r.; in r. field helmet above and eagle r. on thunderbolt.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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