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Tetradrachm: CM.LS.507-R

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC)
Mint: Babylon

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Bequeathed to Corpus by the Revd. Samuel Savage Lewis, 1891.

Measurements and weight

Die Axis: 90 degrees
Image(height): 27 mm
Image(width): 26 mm
Weight: 16.86 g

Place(s) associated

  • Babylon

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1991) by Lewis, S. S.

Dating

-336 - -323

Materials used in production

Silver

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.LS.507-R
Primary reference Number: 113435
SNG Lewis: 507
Ordering: LW-0506
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 August 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

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