Tetradrachm

29-126-480

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-126-480
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek | Seleucid
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Seleucia Tigris
Creator Seleucus I
Period Hellenistic Period | Seleucid Period
Date Made 292-291BC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Zeus | Pallas | Seleucus I | Chariot | Elephants | Anchor
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Obverse: Head of Zeus, facing right, laureate. Reverse: Basileus Seleukos in Greek. In chariot drawn by 4 elephants, facing right; Pallas fighting facing left; anchor above. No monogram in ex.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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