Coin of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia Ruler: Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, 356–323 B.C., ruled 336–23 B.C.

375–201 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

4.95 g, 9:00, 18.03 mm

Credit Line

Gift of the Mitchel family in honor of Professor F. W. Mitchel, B.A. 1944, M.A. 1944, Ph.D. 1954

Accession Number

2018.177.154

Geography

Made in Greece

Culture

Greek

Period

4th–3rd century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Heracles in lion's skin.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Club and harp with MEKSANDRTH [Grk] in between
Provenance
Professor Fordyce W. Mitchel., Columbia, Miss., from about 1950 to 1986; Eileen McClelland Mitchel, 1986–2013; Fordyce W. Mitchel II, Magdalen Mitchel, and Henry McClelland Mitchel, 2013–2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money

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