Tetradrachm of Seleukos I, Seleukeia on Tigris

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.115.70
People: Seleukos I, Greek (r. 312-281 BCE)
Title: Tetradrachm of Seleukos I, Seleukeia on Tigris
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 300-295 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia ad Tigrim (Syria)
Period: Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/186440

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 16.93 g
Die Axis: 11
Denomination: tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Ex coll. H.P. Hall.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: ESM 4; SC 117.1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.115.70
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: head of young Herakles wearing lion skin.
Reverse: BASILEOS SELEUKOU, Zeus holding eagle and scepter; to r., monogram; under throne.

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2008.115.70: Tetradrachm of Seleukos I, Seleukeia on Tigris