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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (obverse)

Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (obverse)

262–241 BCE
(281–133 BCE), Eumenes I (263–241 BCE)
silver
Diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.317.a
Location: not on view

Description

The depictions of rulers found on this coin represents a realistic type of portraiture, similar to that found on coins in the West.
  • ?–1999
    (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1999–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.317.a