336 BC - 323 BC

Alexander III Μagnus   Macedonia
Αλέξανδρος Γ' ο Μέγας   Μακεδονία
 AE 17
 SHH 5105

cleaned
5105 Alexnader III Macedonia AE cleaned

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse
Notes
Reference
Provenance

Composition
 5.56 g   16.7-17.3 mm   5:00 o'clock   VF
 Head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.
B Α; club left above; gorytos right below.
Method development for nondestructive material composition determination.
Sear Greek 6742
Ex Hirsch 281/1170, 2.5.2012

cleaned
m = 5.56 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv. 4.7;  rev. 5.5 MS/m

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

Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
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obv
 67.0
 31.6
 0.0
 0.0
 0.6
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.6
 0.1
rev
 69.4
 29.1
 0.1
 0.1
 0.6
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.5
 0.1

Obverse patina ground away
m = 4.75 g   ρ = ?:?? g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) obv. 5,2; rev. 5,2 MS/m

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

Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni

%
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %
 %











obv
 88.8
 10.8
 0.1
 0.0
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.1
 0.1