Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Demetrios I of Macedonia

hellenisticcoinancient art

Date

289-288 BCE

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

Diam.: 2.9 cm (1 3/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

Obverse: Head of king diademed to right with small bull's horn
Reverse: Poseidon to left, with foot on rock

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