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Tetradrachm of King Nicodemus II
149-120 BCE (Hellenistic)
Obverse: Head of Nicomedes II, diademed, draped, right. Reverse: Zeus, laureate, standing, draped, right, holding scepter with left hand, right hand crowning the royal inscription with a laurel wreath; in the field left, the eagle of Zeus, left, holding lightning bolts in its claws; complex monogram beneath; CΞP (control mark).
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1966, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1988-1989 | From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Turkey (Bithynia) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.33 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1966
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.723