2005.115.26: tetradrachm of Eumenes I of Pergamon with portrait of Philetairos
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.26
- People
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Eumenes I, Greek (r. 262-241 BCE)
- Title
- tetradrachm of Eumenes I of Pergamon with portrait of Philetairos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 263 BCE - 241 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Pergamene Kingdom
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20689
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.93 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Westermark
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
- 2005.115.26
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of Philetairos to r., wearing a laurel wreath entwined strophion with ties floating behind.
Rev.: Athena to l. seated on throne holding shield resting on ground in front of her; behind long bow.
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
Verification Level
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