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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.39
People
Demetrios II of Syria Nikator, Greek (r. 146-141 BCE;129-126/5 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Demetrios II of Syria, Second Reign, Damascus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
129 BCE - 126 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Damascus (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20685

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.95 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Date on Object
128 (?)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
CSE 839; SC II, 2181,5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.39
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Diademed, bearded head of Demetrios II to r.; border of dost
Rev.: Zeus seated on throne holding Nike and scepter

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011

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