Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I Poliorcetes, Thebes, 290 BC. 1944.100.13815

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.13815

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Obverse: Head of Demetrius right with diadem and bull's horn
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Reverse: ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - Poseidon standing left, resting foot on rock and holding trident
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Physical Description

  • Axis: 11

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 16.67

Typological Description

Source: Newell Demetrius Poliorcetes, no. 141

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1944.100.13815
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Annotations

1. Edward T. Newell hoard notebook, undated

Sections
138, 138
Creator
Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Abstract
Notebook containing notes on coins of various hoards, along with loose leaves with additional coin lists, notes, and rubbings. A detached label once adhered to the cover of the album reads, "HOARDS II." Includes a letter to Margaret Thompson from Martin Price of the British Museum relating to a joint project on the coins of Alexander the Great (1968). Hoards covered in the notebook are Sardis, Anadol, Aleppo, Ankyra, Aintab, Andhritsena, Abu Hommos, Taranto, Bithynian, Demanhur, Chalcis (Eretria), Calabria, Constantinople, Cyprus (Larnaka), Peloponessos, Drama, Greece (Tiffany), Eretria, Epidaurus, Sparta, Patras, Gesou, Haiffa, Prof. Haynes, Saida, Jandolo, Anadol, Kuft, Kyparissia, Keleler, Karditsa, Messene, Larnaka, Lamia, Latakie, Mosul, Marasesti, Patras, Parthian, Philip II Staters, Ravel, Salonica, Sophikon, Taranto, Tripolitsa, Thebes, Urfa, Gejou, Lamia, and Kyparissia.
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