1972.156: Tetradrachm of Demetrios Poliorketes, Salamis
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1972.156
- People
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Demetrios I Poliorketes, Greek (r. 306-283 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Demetrios Poliorketes, Salamis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 300 -295 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Salamis (Cyprus)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/194022
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.13 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Newell 22 obv.XIX
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- 1972.156
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- obverse: Victory on prow of warship; reverse: Poseidon; ligature; bipennis ligature
Publication History
- The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
- Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum/Handbook (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008)
Exhibition History
- The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
Verification Level
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