Coin: ar drachm
- Museum number:
- 8-4410
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004410
- Accession number:
- Acc.147
- Description:
- Coin; AR; Drachma; Greek. 4.11 grams, 18mm. Demetrius I, 151 BC. Heraklea, Turkey. Obverse: bust of king r., diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, cornucopia; in exergue, monograms.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
- Collection place:
- Heraclea (ancient city), ancient Syria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Purchased in Paris
- Production place:
- Sub Mint L Ionia, Heraclea, ancient Syria
- Culture or time period:
- Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC), Ionian, and Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson and Raymond Serrure
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Silver (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Demetrius I Soter (King of Syria)
- Inscription:
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money) and Drachms
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 151 BC
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- weight 4.11 grams and linear 18 millimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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