Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4432
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004432
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Syria
Verbatim coll. place:
purchased in Paris
Culture or time period:
Thracian Classical period (480-323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Demetrius I Soter (King of Syria) and Tyche (Greek deity)
Inscription:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
162-150 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 31 millimeters and weight 16.43 grams
Loans:
S1996-1997 #5d: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 13, 1996–April 17, 1997)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4432, described as Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4432, described as Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4432, described as Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4432, described as Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4432, described as Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4432, described as Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4432, described as Coin; AR, Tetradrachm; Greek. 16.43 grams, 31 mm. Demetrius I, 162-150 BC. Apamea, Syria. Obverse: bust of Demetrius I r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Tyche seated l. in chiton and peplos holding scepter and cornucopiae; to l., monogram.

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