Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4442
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004442
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Arados (ancient place), Phoenicia
Production place:
Arados (ancient place), Phoenicia
Culture or time period:
Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC) and Seleucid Phoenicia (323-64 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Nike (Greek diety) and Tyche (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: ARADION
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
137-46 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 27 millimeters and weight 15.49 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4442, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachma; Greek. 15.49 grams, 27 mm. Aradus, 137-46 BC. Phoenicia. Obverse: bust of Tyche r. diademed. Reverse: ΑRΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing l., holding in right hand aphlaston, in left palm branch; in exergue, date and mint letters: BNP / ΘC.

Tools