Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4440
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004440
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Ancient Syria
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in Paris
Production place:
Ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Philip I Philadelphus (King of Syria) and Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse exergue: TH I and Reverse legend: ]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
92-83 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 15.06 grams and linear 26 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4440, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4440, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4440, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4440, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4440, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4440, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4440, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 15.06 grams, 26 mm. Philippus, 92-83 BC. Syria. Obverse: bust of Philippus r. diademed. Reverse: [B]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ_, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and scepter; in exergue, monogram.

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