Tetradrachm
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Phablet con sistema operativo iOS, display da 9.70 pollici, risoluzione massima di 2048 x 1536 pixel pari ad un rapporto di 264 Pixel per pollice (PPI). Tetradrachm definition is - an ancient Greek silver coin worth four drachmas.
Syro-Phoenician AR Tetradrachms and Fractions
This collection is assembled to display the progression of silvertetradrachms and their fractions, produced in the East, during the period of Roman influence and occupation.
A tetradrachm, worth four drachms, was probably the equivalent of about four day's wages of a common laborer, or about $200 in today's money. Tetradrachm definition is - an ancient Greek silver coin worth four drachmas.
Tetradrachm of Alexander I (Balas)
The two coins shown above are both tetradrachma of Alexander I (Balas) of the Seleukid Kingdom. While there are minor differences due to die wear and striking characteristics, there is no question that they share a common obverse die.
BACTRIA Tetradrachm of Heliokles
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The coin is a ~ a coin of 4 drachm. It had a weight of 16-17 grams of silver and it was destined for the payment of soldiers.
~
A medium-sized ancient Greek silver coin, valued at four drachms. Issued by many Greek city-states and kingdoms.
Tetri
Also spelled 'thetri', the fractional currencyunit of the republic of Georgia. Named after a mediaeval Georgian coin.
~
Greek silver coin weighing about 13 to 17 grams; valued at 4 drachmas
Tetrastyle ...
~ - a four-drachma coin.
togate - wearing a toga, the cloak worn by Roman males on formal occasions.
trecennalia - thirtieth anniversary of rule.
~a
An ancient Greek silver coin weighing about 13 to 17 grams, roughly the same size as a U.S. quarter but three times thicker
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~. 30 mm. 10:00.
An amazing broken coin. Looking at the reverse, you can see the silver foil of the obverse behind the left hand of Apollo, which corresponds to the hair over the ear on the obverse. I am amazed that the foil there has not bent and broken off.
~ - A silver coin, weighing c. 14 grams, equal to four drachms.
{From Greek tetra four + drachm drachm.}
[Ancient Greece] ...
~s of Alexander. Num. Chron., 1868 and 1883.
Unpublished Coins of the Kings of Syria. Num. Chron., 1883.
Unpublished Cistophori. Num. Chron., 1883.
~s with the bust of Ptolemy IV, and one or two AV octadrachms of Arsinoë III similar to Fig. 380 but with ΝΙ in the field. Even without dates, the youthful representation of Epiphanes would suffice to show that the preceding belong to the early part of the reign. A series of AR ~s (Svor.
~a - An ancient Greek silver coin, roughly the same size as a U.S. quarter but three times thicker.
Token - A piece struck by a private individuals or companies in imitation of a coin, to be used for advertising or as a medium of exchange in transactions with that company ...
The ~ pictured was struck at the Amphipolis mint sometime between 315 BC and 294 BC and was the equivalent of about two weeks' labor by a mason.
On a ~a of Athens, struck c. 490 BC, the head of Athena, (left), is regarded as the obverse because of its larger scale and because it is a portrait head; the entire owl is depicted in a smaller scale on the reverse ...
(Billon~)
(Minted 9 June - 28 August AD 68)
Obv: ΛOYK ΛIB ΣOYΛ[Î Î'AΛBA KAIΣ ΣEB AY]
Laureate head right, LA before.
Rev: EΛEYΘEPIA
Eleutheria leaning on column holding wreath & scepter.
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Syracuse~ signed by Kimon
Below = Kind of a time lapse of the carving process. The image above is of the final piece prior to some final touch-ups ...
A form of ~ struck at several ancient Greek cities during Roman times, these were the largest Roman silver coins. Tariffed at three Roman denarii or four local drachms. The name derives from the sacred box of Dionysius, frequently depicted on these coins.
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All Parthian ~s, it is currently believed, were produced at the Seleucia mint. In place of the archer used on the reverse of silver drachms, these larger coins usually show other scenes such as the goddess Tyche giving a diadem to the king.
Zenobia and her son Vabalathus had been issuing billon ~s from the mint of Alexandria in Egypt, and antoniniani from Syrian Antioch. They adorned Aurelian's great triumph through the streets of Rome, together with the Tetrici, father and son, who were the last rulers of the Gallic Empire.
*50483 Roman Egypt. Nero. 54-68. AR ~ (12.85) . Radiate head of Nero left, year 13/Radiate head of Augustus right. Curtis-65, Emm-113. Fine. $145 [image]
*28404 ---Vespasian. 69-79. Bi ~ . Bust right/Nike flying left hldg palm and wreath. Year 2.. C-262, Emm-205. VF. $215 [image] ...
Commentary: Imperial cistophoric ~
Sources Used: BMCRE I, 113, no. 699 (with no lituus); Woodward 1956, 152; A.M. Woodward, Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society 1952, 21 ff.
The coinage consisted very largely of silver ~s which were commonly known as `owls' for obvious reasons and since the coins were of such fine quality, they were readily acceptable to traders in all parts of the Greek world, ...
On the other hand, if you're considering an Egyptian gold Octadrachm, someone may have tried to golden fleece you while you counted the animals two by two. These are replicas and not worth the $375 of a Meredates AE ~ in Very Finecondition.
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Coin (tetradrachm) of Athens
Unknown2.5 cm, 17.2 g (1 in., 0.0379 lb.)2015.5
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Tetradrachm Coin Value
Coin (tetradrachm) of Athens
Unknown
Greek
Athens, Greece (Place Created)
near ancient Bostra, Hauran, Jordan (Place Found)
475–465 B.C.
Silver
2015.5
2.5 cm, 17.2 g (1 in., 0.0379 lb.)
Object Description
The obverse of this coin shows a head of Athena in right profile, wearing a crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves above the visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. Her hair sweeps across her forehead in two loops of parallel strands and is visible beneath the helmet's neck guard. She has an archaic smile and a frontal almond-shaped eye, an anachronistic style preferred for this coin type. The design goes to the very edge of the coin, partially cutting off Athena's chin.
On the reverse, an owl stands to the right, its head turned to the front and tilted slightly. Its wing and three tail feathers are clearly delineated in high detail. There is a two-leafed olive sprig in the top left corner and a crescent, possibly a waning moon, just above the owl's wing. The inscription, ΑΘΕ, located in the bottom right, is an abbreviation of ATHENAION, 'of the Athenians.' The owl is struck in high relief and framed on all four sides by the shape of the die.
Athenian 'Owls,' as they were called, were minted in Athens for over four hundred years, beginning in the 510s B.C. Although the style evolved, the coins retained the same basic design of Athena on the obverse and her patron owl on the reverse.
This coin is one of ten Athenian tetradrachms found in a hoard of coins, ingots, and jewelry discovered in 1967 on the Jordanian-Syrian border in the region of Hauran (near the ancient city of Bostra). The hoard contained coins from over twenty mints, the majority from four areas: Athens (31), Cyprus (21), southwest Asia Minor (15) and the Thrace-Macedonian area (13). The distribution and style of the Athenian coins date the hoard's burial to around 445 B.C. The Jordan hoard, and other examples of Greek coin hoards, speak to the circulation of Greek coins in the Near East and Egypt to be used as bullion.
Provenance
Provenance
Found: near ancient Bostra, Hauran, Jordan (first recorded in Kraay and Moorey 1968)
Hesperia Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Tetradrachm Weight
Private Collection [Canada]
Private Collection, sold on consignment from a Canadian collection through Frederick S. Knobloch, 1969.
Private Collection [sold, Leu Numismatik AG, May 21, 1996, lot 167.]
MoneyMuseum [sold, Triton XVIII, Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., New York, January 6, 2015, lot 510, to the J. Paul Getty Museum.]
Bibliography
Bibliography
Hesperia Art, Philadelphia. Bulletin XL/XLI. n.d, lot 47, fig. 47 obv., 48 rev.
Kraay, C.M. and P.S.R. Moorey, 'Two fifth century hoards from the Near East.' Revue numismatique, 6th ser., 10 (1968), pp. 181-235, no. 43, pl. 20.
Knobloch, Frederick S. Ancient Coins: Fixed Price List (New York: n.p., April 1969), p. 23, fig. C.12.
Starr, Chester. Athenian coinage 480-449 BC (London: Clarendon Press, 1970), Group V.B, Series 3, 189 (O162/R178).
Thompson, Margaret, et al. An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards (New York: Published for the International Numismatic Commission by the American Numismatic Society, 1973), no. 1482, pp. 202-203.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zürich. Antike Münzen: Auktion 65. May 21-22, 1996, lot 167, ill.
Sunflower Foundation. Drachme, Dirhem, Taler, Pfund: Geld Und Währungen in der Geschichte : Von den Anfängen bis zum EURO : Eine Auswahl aus dem Moneymuseum.com. (Zürich: Sunflower Foundation, 2002), pp. 13-14, ill.
MoneyMuseum and Ursula Kampmann. Drachme, Dirhem, Taler, Pfund: Geld und Währungen in der Geschichte : von den Anfängen bis zum Euro. (Zürich: Sunflower Foundation/MoneyMuseum, 2010), pp. 7, 12-14, ill.
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., New York, Triton XVIII. January 6-7, 2015, p. 191, lot 510, ill.
Tetradrachm Size
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