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ID number: BIRBI-G0016 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Demetrios II; Antioch? Denomination: Tetradrachm Place made: Antioch Culture: Greek Date made: 129 BC-125 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 16.48 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Bt. A. H. Baldwin & Son 19.vi.1991 through P.D. Whitting Fund (PDWF no. 13). |
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Description: Obverse: diademed bearded head of Demetrios r.; fillet border. Reverse: Zeus enthroned l., holding Nike and sceptre.
Inscriptions: Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ / ΘEOY ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ (King Demetrios the holy Nikator). Mint-marks Ξ and Δ.
Bibliography: Seaby 7102
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