2002.129.10: Tetradrachm of Demetrios I of Syria, Antioch
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.129.10
- People
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Demetrios I of Syria, Greek (r. 162-150 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Demetrios I of Syria, Antioch
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 162-150 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
- Period
- Seleucid period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/99845
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.2 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Date on Object
- ONR = 159 BCE
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: in exergue, date ONR (159 BCE).
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Triton II, Lot 1367.4
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SMA 108
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Townsend-Vermeule Gift
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.129.10
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Diademed head r. within laurel-wreath.
Rev.: Tyche enthroned, holding scepter in r. hand and cornucopia in l. hand; to r.
Publication History
- Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2002-2003 (Cambridge, MA, 2004), p. 14.
Verification Level
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