2005.115.39: Tetradrachm of Demetrios II of Syria, Second Reign, Damascus

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

Permissions

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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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