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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2654
Title
Tetradrachm of Seleukeia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
96 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia Pieria (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Seleucid
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148582

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
14.63 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΣEΛEVKEΩN THΣIEPAΣ KAI AVTONOMOV

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.2654
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Female bust (the Tyche of Seleucia) r., wearing turreted headdress, veil, earring and necklace, bead and reel border.
Rev.: Thunderbolt (with fillet attached), on cushion placed on stool, whole in laurel wreath.

Verification Level

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