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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.156
People
Demetrios I Poliorketes, Greek (r. 306-283 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Demetrios Poliorketes, Salamis
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
300 -295 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Salamis (Cyprus)
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194022

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.13 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Newell 22 obv.XIX

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.156
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: Victory on prow of warship; reverse: Poseidon; ligature; bipennis ligature

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
  • Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum/Handbook (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973

Verification Level

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