Achämeniden: Artaxerxes III.

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Created

When	340-335 BC
Where	Anatolia

Commissioned

Who	Artaxerxes III (-425--338)

Owned

Who	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (1838-1920)
When	1896-1920

Owned

Who	Oskar Bernhard (1861-1939)
When	1920-1930s

Sold

Who	Alfred Oscar van Lennep (1851-1912)

Relation to places

Anatolia

Keywords

Animal Authority Classical antiquity Coin Klassik Silver Tetradrachm ruler

Description

Front: Grosskönig im Knielauf nach r. mit Bogen und Lanze, Köcher über Schulter. Kratzer.
Rear: Reiter nach r. mit erhobener Lanze. Kratzer und Einhiebe.
Provenience: Slg. Bernhard, aus Slg. Imhoof-Blumer (Kauf bei van Lennep, 1896)
Scratched: One or more scratches, intentional or unintentional. Can be the result of recovery or subsequent handling of a coin or medal.
Chop mark: A mark of undefined form made normally with a chisel-like tool, for example to test the purity of the core of a coin. It can also be the result of damage caused when the object was found.

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 25 mm
Weight: 14.94 g

Part of

Herrscherbild und Münzporträt vor Alexander (9)

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Literature

Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen II (1902) 518 Nr. 1, Taf. XIX Nr. 23 (diese Münze). – Imhoof-Blumer, GRM (1908) 106 Nr. 12 (diese Münze). – L. Mildenberg, Über das Münzwesen im Reich der Achämeniden, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran 26, 1993, 55–79, Taf. 13 Nr. 116. – Bloesch et al., Winterthur 3 (2021) Nr. 1243 (diese Münze). – Zum Münztyp vgl. SNG Cop. (1942–1979) Nr. 290–291.