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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with heads of Demetrios I and Laodike
Greek
Hellenistic Period
162–150 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris (Babylonia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 16.36 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.506
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 276.
DescriptionObverse: Jugate heads, to right, of Demetrios I and Laodike, the former diademed and the latter wearing a stephane.
Cable border.
Reverse: Tyche seated to left, on throne supported by Nike. Ground line. Palm branch at left.
Monogram at left. Inscription around and in exergue.
Cable border.
Reverse: Tyche seated to left, on throne supported by Nike. Ground line. Palm branch at left.
Monogram at left. Inscription around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Baron Dayet Collection; by date unknown: Henry Platt Hall Collection; by 1950: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the Hall Collection, part 1, July 19-21, 1950, lot 184); by date unknown: H. L. Haughton Collection; by 1958: with Sotheby & Co., 34 & 35 New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the Haughton Collection, April 30 and May 1, 1958, lot 204); purchased on behalf of MFA at the Haughton auction by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., June 5, 1958, for
£ 558/10/0 (this is the total price for 58.504-58.514)
£ 558/10/0 (this is the total price for 58.504-58.514)