1.1965.2654: Tetradrachm of Seleukeia
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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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