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Drachma of Alexander III (the Great)
Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great, wearing the lion skin of Herakles, right. Reverse: Zeus, draped, enthroned, left, holding a scepter in the left hand, an eagle in the right.
This coin could be a genuine issue by Alexander, but the type was continued by his successors and could come from any number of places, or any time in the Hellenistic period.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Macedonia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.528