Thursday, March 12, 2026

Zeus - Demetrius II Nicator

 

Category: tetradrachm
Obverse: Demetrius II Nicator (the Victor). 
Reverse: Zeus. 
Inscription: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY NIKATOPOΣ
Material: silver. 
Dimensions: diameter 2.6 - 2.7 cm, thickness .4 cm.  
Weight: 16 gm. 
Era: second century BCE. 
Acquired on December 3, 1935. 




Bašīr Zuhdī. ʾAqdam an-Nuqūd ad-Dimašqīyyā wa Namaḏiǧihā fi al-Matḥaf al-Waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XXVI 1976 (pp. 73-98).

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