Tetradrachm

29-126-479

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-479
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek | Seleucid
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Syria
Creator Seleucus I
Period Hellenistic Period | Seleucid Period
Date Made 305-300BC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Heracles | Zeus | Nike
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Obverse: Head of young Heracles, facing right with lion scalp. Reverse: s]eleuk-u (in Greek). Zeus seated facing left, holding Nike. Symbol (see card) in left field

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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