Tetradrachm; Probable cast forgery
Nicomedes II
Greco-Roman
Greek
Bithynia
Black Sea Area
149-120 BCE
Silver
Overall: 1 3/8 in. (35 mm)
Weight: 16.2 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29675
Geography
Place Made: Greece, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: His (Nicomedes?) diademed head right Reverse: [inscription] Zeus standing let; in field eagle on thunderbolt, monogram and date 130 B.C.
Course History
CLST 1, Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies, Paul Christesen, Winter 2014
CLST 1, Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies, Paul Christesen, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
The Age of the Marvelous, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 21-November 24, 1991; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 25-March 22, 1992; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 24-August 25, 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 1992-January 3, 1993, naturalia no. n400.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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