2002.129.5: Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, Seleuceia on the Tigris
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.129.5
- People
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Seleukos I, Greek (r. 312-281 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, Seleuceia on the Tigris
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 305 BCE-304 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia ad Tigrim (Syria)
- Period
- Seleucid period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/97550
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.22 g
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- CNG 54, 14 June 2000, 790.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SC, 117.1.c
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Townsend-Vermeule Gift
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.129.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of youthful Herakles r.wearing lion's skin. Border of dots.
Rev.: Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle in r. hand, and scepter in l.; monograms; on r., SELEUKOU; in exergue, BASILE[US].
Verification Level
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