Inventory Number: | N 33946 | |
Section Number: | ΜΣ-204 | |
Title: | Alexander III, ca. 323-319 B.C., gold | |
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: | Μακεδονία Αλέξανδρος Γ’ Χρυσός στατήρας | |
Category: | Coin | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Χρυσός στατήρας: Μακεδονία, Αλέξανδρος III | |
Notes: | Coin no. 1. | |
Context: | At west edge of new course of East Branch of Great Drain, to south of Stoa Pier 5 from west; actually in footing trench of drain wall at level of earlier Agora floor. | |
Obverse: | Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with snake. | |
Reverse: | [ΑΛΕΞ]ΑΝΔΡΟΥ behind Nike standing l., holding wreath and stylis; in field l., &MG71; and race torch. | |
Negatives: | C 240, 90-17-21 | |
Weight: | 8.60 | |
Denomination: | Stater | |
Die Axis: | 12:00 | |
Material: | Gold | |
Metal: | Gold | |
Chronology: | Ca. 323-319 B.C. | |
Date: | 22 May 1953 | |
Section: | ΜΣ | |
Deposit: | H-K 12-14 | |
Period: | Greek | |
Mint: | Sardis | |
Authority: | Alexander III | |
Kings of Macedonia | ||
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), p. 170, fig. 105. | |
Rotroff (1997a), p. 9, n. 1. | ||
AgoraPicBk 15 (1975), fig. 16. | ||
Kleiner (1975), p. 307, no. 114, pl. 76. | ||
Agora XXVI, no. 487 , photo. | ||
Published Type: | BMC Alexander, no. 2598. | |
M. Thompson, Alexander's Drachm Mints I: Sardes and Miletus (Numismatic Studies 16, New York 1983), no. 170, pl. 8. | ||
References: | Publications (4) Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 211, p. 185 Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 369, p. 343 Images (7) Deposit: H-K 12-14 Card: ΜΣ-204 Card: ΜΣ-204 Card: ΜΣ-204 |