Description

Collection Number: WC 170
Object Number:
Dates: 90 BC - 70 BC
Denomination: tetradrakhma
Dimensions: 0.00mm
Weight: 16.31g
Authority: Rome
Languages: GreekLatin

Obverse Type: Head of Alexander the Great, with horn of Zeus-Ammon encircling ear, facing right; l. field underneath portrait MAKEDONWN
Obverse Legend:

MAKEDONWN

Obverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Obverse Mintmarks:

none

Obverse Inscription Comment: none

Reverse Type: Vertical club of Herakles, flanked by Roman quaestor's chair (sella) to right and money chest (cista) to left, surrounded by laurel wreath; above club, AESILLAS; lower right field, Q (= q[uaestor])
Reverse Legend:

AESILLAS; Q

Reverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:

none

Reverse Inscription Comments: none

Bibliography

R. Bauslaugh Silver Coinage with the Types of Aesillas the Quaestor (New York: 2000) Group VI O43/R190 (this coin; unique)

WC I no. 170 (this coin)

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