Drachma

33-62-1

From: Iran

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-62-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Seleucid
Provenience Iran
Manufacture Location Ptolemais Ace
Creator Alexander III
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 336-323 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Silver
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin | Zeus
Description

AR Drachma. Obverse: Herakles in lionskin head dress. Reverse: Zeus seated left. [design appears] in field to left. Mint of Ake Ptolemais.

Credit Line Persian Expedition, Erich Schmidt, 1933

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