Tetradrachm

Description

The depictions of rulers found on this coin represents a realistic type of portraiture, similar to that found on coins in the West.

Provenance

(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1999–)

Tetradrachm

[]

262–241 BCE

Accession Number

1999.317

Medium

silver

Dimensions

Diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)

Classification

Coins

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund