Object name: Coin: ar tetradrachm / Collector: Benjamin Ide Wheeler / Function: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Museum number:: 8-5539
Object class:: Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: ca. 150-125 BC
Dimensions:: weight 17.4 grams
Collector:: Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Collection place:: Bactria (ancient region)
Collection date:: Bactria
Person depicted:: Heliokles II Dikaios (King of Bactria) and Zeus (Greek deity)

Museum number:: 8-5526
Culture or time period:: Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Object class:: Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: after 146 BC
Dimensions:: linear 30 millimeters and weight 16.7 grams
Collector:: Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Collection place:: Thasos, North Aegean, Greece
Collection date:: unknown
Person depicted:: Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity) and Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)

Museum number:: 8-5540
Object class:: Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency
Production date:: unknown
Collector:: Benjamin Ide Wheeler

Museum number:: 8-5538
Culture or time period:: Siculo-Punic
Object class:: Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency
Production date:: unknown
Dimensions:: weight 16.5 grams and linear 25 millimeters
Collector:: Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Collection place:: Sicily, Italy

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