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Source Description
Obverse: Head of Nicomedes II, diademed, draped, right. Reverse: Zeus, laureate, standing, draped, right, holding scepter with left hand, right hand crowning the royal inscription with a laurel wreath; in the field left, the eagle of Zeus, left, holding lightning bolts in its claws; complex monogram beneath; CΞP (control mark).
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Document identity
localId
10723
label
Tetradrachm of King Nicodemus II
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10723
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tetradrachm of King Nicodemus II
description
Obverse: Head of Nicomedes II, diademed, draped, right. Reverse: Zeus, laureate, standing, draped, right, holding scepter with left hand, right hand crowning the royal inscription with a laurel wreath; in the field left, the eagle of Zeus, left, holding lightning bolts in its claws; complex monogram beneath; CΞP (control mark).
provenance
Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1966, by purchase.
date
149-120 BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Coins & Medals
coins
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.33 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
inscriptions
[Inscription
Greek; reverse] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ [Translation] Of King Nicomedes Epiphanes
med
silver; struck
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
NUM
exhibition_ids
2237
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
63a7990aeffe2d0c