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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great

AAT Object Form/Functiontetradrachms

CultureGreek

PeriodHellenistic

Date336-323 BCE

MediumSilver

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions1 x 1 in., 3/16 in., 17 g (2.6 x 2.6 cm, 0.5 cm, 5/8 oz.)

Object number2018.010.1155

ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, probably purchased from Jonathan K. Kern [B.A. Numismatics], Lexington, Kentucky, December 2 or 3, 1975.

Status

Not on view

Collections

Greek and Roman Art

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