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Maker(s):Perseus (minted under)
Culture:Greco Bactrian
Title:Perseus Tetradhrachm of Zeus
Date Made:Hellenistic Period; 179-168 BCE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Asia; Bactria (Afghanistan)
Accession Number:  MH 2021.5.106
Credit Line:Gift of Julie Dupree Gill (Class of 1977) from the Dupree Collection
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Diademed head of Zeus facing R. Reverse: An eagle facing right with spread wings standing on a stylized thunderbolt
surrounded by an oak wreath. Legend from top ""BAΣIΛEΩΣ"" to bottom ""ΩEPΣE[ΩΣ]""

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics; animals; birds; deities

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