The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Gold stater of Alexander the Great

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

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Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Gold stater of Alexander the Great

Period:: Late Classical
Date:: 336–323 B.C
Culture:: Greek, Macedonian
Medium:: Gold
Dimensions:: Diameter: 3/4 x 1/8 in., 0.2oz. (1.9 x 0.3 cm, 5g)
Classification:: Coins
Credit Line:: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.190.221

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