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Attic Tetradrachm
Attic Tetradrachm
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Attic Tetradrachm

Artist/Culture Northeast Greece
Artist/Culture Thasos
Artist/Culture Greek
Dateafter 146 BCE
Mediumsilver
Dimensions232 gm (8.2 oz)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1912.122
Descriptionobv. Head of Dionysos, wreathed

rev. nude Herakles standing with club and lion's skin; to l. monogram; HRAKLEOY SOTHROS THASIONProvenanceFormerly in collection of Dr. G.M. Olcott, N.Y. (1911); Olcott List #69; Plan #B-10
On View
Not on view
Coin
Coin
Northeast Greece
after 400 BCE
black backdrop; Conservation Status: After Treatment
Drinking Contest of Herakles and Dionysos
Antioch
early 2nd century CE
Alexander III, Tetradrachm from the mint of Amphipolis
Alexander III, Tetradrachm from the mint of Amphipolis
Greek
336–323 BCE
Philip III, Tetradrachm from the mint of Susa
Philip III, Tetradrachm from the mint of Susa
Greek
323–316 BCE
Neck-Amphora (Jar)
Neck-Amphora (Jar)
Leagros Group
about 510–490 BCE
Obol
Obol
Northern Greece
500-480 BCE
Image Not Available for Dionysos
Dionysos
Antioch
first century CE
Demetrius II, Tetradrachm from the Phoenician Mint
Demetrius II, Tetradrachm from the Phoenician Mint
Greek
129–125 BCE
Conservation Status: Before Treatment
Dionysos and Ariadne
Roman
about 300 C.E.
Trajan, Denarius
Trajan, Denarius
Roman
about 101–102
Alexander II, Tetradrachm from the mint of Salamis
Alexander II, Tetradrachm from the mint of Salamis
Greek
336–323 BCE
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Lion's skin, pottery fragment
Greek
3rd century BCE