2005.115.7: Drachm of Demetrios Poliorketes, Tarsos
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.7
- People
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Demetrios I Poliorketes, Greek (r. 306-283 BCE)
- Title
- Drachm of Demetrios Poliorketes, Tarsos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 298 - 295 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tarsos (Cilicia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20704
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.08 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Newell 44
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
- 2005.115.7
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Winged Nike holding trumpet (salpinx) in r. hand and stylis in l., standing on prow to l. Circle of dots.
Rev.: Poseidon standing to l. , hurling thunderbolt in r. hand, left arm stretched forward with chlamys over it
Verification Level
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