2005.115.26: tetradrachm of Eumenes I of Pergamon with portrait of Philetairos

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2005.115.26

People

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

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

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