336 BC - 323 BC

Alexander III Μagnus   Macedonia
Αλέξανδρος Γ' ο Μέγας   Μακεδονία
 AE 17
 SHH 5103

cleaned
5103 Alexnader III Macedonia AE cleaned

Parameter

Obverse
Reverse
Notes
Reference
Povenance

Composition
 4.54 g   16.6-18.2 mm   ?:?? o'clock   F

 Head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.
[Α]ΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ]; club right above; gorytos left below.
Method development for nondestructive material composition determination.
Sear Greek 6739
Ex Hirsch 281/1170, 2.5.2012

cleaned
m = 4.54 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv. 8.5;  rev. 9.8 MS/m

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

Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
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obv
 67.8
 26.6
 3.0
 0.0
 0.6
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 1.4
 0.5
rev
 70.3
 24.3
 3.0
 0.1
 0.6
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 1.3
 0.4

Obverse patina ground away
m = 3.57 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv.9.5; rev. 9,2 MS/m

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

Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %











obv
 94.1
 4.7
 0.6
 0.1
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.2
 0.2