336 BC - 323 BC

Alexander III Μagnus   Macedonia
Αλέξανδρος Γ' ο Μέγας   Μακεδονία
 AE 18
 SHH 5102

cleaned
5102 Alexnader III Macedonia AE cleaned

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse
Notes

Reference
Provenance

Composition





 4.81 g   17.1-19.5 mm   ?:?? o'clock   F
 Head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.
[Α]ΛΕ[ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ]; downward between bow and quiver to left and club to right;
Method development for nondestructive material composition determination.
Obverse patina rigorously removed by grounding.
 Sear Greek 6739
Ex Hirsch 281/1170, 2.5.2012

Cleaned
w = 4.81 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv. 5.4; rev. 6.8 MS/m

XRF-Analysis (Oxford ED 2000, Rathgen-Forschungslabor)

Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
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obv
 47.5
 47.9
 2.0
 0.0
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 2.1
 0.4
rev
 39.8
 55.0
 2.1
 0.1
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 2.6
 0.3

Obverse patina ground away
w = 3.70 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv.6.3;  rev. 7.1 MS/m

XRF-Analysis (Oxford ED 2000, Rathgen-Forschungslabor)

 Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
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obv
 90.5
 8.5
 0.3
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.3
 0.4