336 BC - 323 BC

Alexander III Μagnus   Macedonia
Αλέξανδρος Γ' ο Μέγας   Μακεδονία
 AE 17
 SHH 5104

cleaned
5104 Alexnader III Macedonia AE cleaned

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse
Notes
Reference
Provenance

Composition
 5.08 g   16.7-17.5 mm   ?:?? o'clock   F
Head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.
B Α; gorytos right above; club right below.
Method development for nondestructive material composition determination.
Sear Greek 6742
Ex Hirsch 281/1170, 2.5.2012

cleaned
m = 5.08 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv. 4.6;  rev. 4.9 MS/m

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

 Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
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obv
 44.8
 51.1
 0.1
 0.0
 1.9
 0.9
 0.1
 0.3
 0.6
 0.1
rev
 49.9
 46.6
 0.1
 0.1
 1.9
 0.1
 0.1
 0.3
 0.7
 0.1

Obverse patina ground away
m = 4.32 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv. 5,0; rev. 4.9 MS/m

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

Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %











obv
 87.8
 11.2
 0.1
 0.0
 0.4
 0.2
 0.0
 0.1
 0.1
 0.2