ID: 700006887 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006887	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Tetradrachm (tetradrachms; Unknown Greek (Macedonian) (Greek (Macedonian) Artist); 286 - 281 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 80.NH.152.36)

Note: On the obverse, a portrait of Alexander the Great wearing the ram's horns of Ammon; on the reverse, a seated statue of Athena.

Titles:

Tetradrachm (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

tetradrachms [300037254] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Exchange Media (hierarchy name), exchange media (objects), money (objects), <money by form>, coins (money), <coins by origin>, Early Western World coins, <Early Western World coins by denomination name>, drachma coins)

Classifications:

numismatics / philately (preferred)

Creation Date: 286 - 281 BCE

Creator Display:

Unknown Greek (Macedonian) (Greek (Macedonian) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Macedonian (Ancient Macedonian cultural designation) [500202842]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 80.NH.152.36

Credit Line: Gift of Lily Tomlin

Other: Creation: Pella [7011026] Pélla regional division (regional division), Region of Central Macedonia (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Silver

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: undetermined

Cultures:

Ancient Macedonian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:

numismatic (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Alexander the Great (Macedonian king, 356-323 BCE) [500280655]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Athena [901000069]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Nike [901000070]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: On the reverse, "Basileus Lysimachou."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Tetradrachm	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)