Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, Seleuceia on the Tigris

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.129.5
People: 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
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Descriptions

Description: 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].

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2002.129.5: Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, Seleuceia on the Tigris