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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.129.10
People
Demetrios I of Syria, Greek (r. 162-150 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Demetrios I of Syria, Antioch
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
162-150 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/99845

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.2 g
Die Axis
7
Denomination
tetradrachm
Date on Object
ONR = 159 BCE
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: in exergue, date ONR (159 BCE).

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Triton II, Lot 1367.4

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SMA 108

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Townsend-Vermeule Gift
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.129.10
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Diademed head r. within laurel-wreath.
Rev.: Tyche enthroned, holding scepter in r. hand and cornucopia in l. hand; to r.

Publication History

  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2002-2003 (Cambridge, MA, 2004), p. 14.

Verification Level

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