Coins & Medals
Tetradrachm
MetalworkCoin
Details
- Author / creator
- Anatolia, Kingdom of Pergamum (281–133 BCE), Eumenes I (263–241 BCE)
- Object type
- Coin or medal
- Date or period
- 262–241 BCE
- Dimensions summary
- Diameter: 2.8 cm
- Place of origin
- Anatolia
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Hartley Bequest Fund, 1999
- Denomination
- Tetradrachm
- Issuer / ruler
- Anatolia, Kingdom of Pergamum (281–133 BCE), Eumenes I (263–241 BCE)
- Mint
- Pergamon
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight (g)
- 17.06
- Diameter (mm)
- 28
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
The depictions of rulers found on this coin represents a realistic type of portraiture, similar to that found on coins in the West.
Materials and technique
Silver
