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Period
Seleucid
Ruler
Demetrius I Soter (162-150 BC)
Mint
Tyre
Province or Region
Seleucid Empire
Date
159/158 BC
Metal
Bronze
Denomination
20
Weight
5.92g
Obverse Description
Head of Demetrius, r., diademed.
Reverse Description
Stern of gallley. Date above: LΔNP (Year 154=159/8 BC) ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines above, TYPIΩN and Phoenician inscription “of Tyre” in two lines in ex.
Publisher
Pepperdine University Libraries
Digital Collection
The John Wilson Coin Collection - Ancient Coins of the Holy Land
Credit Line
The John Wilson Coin Collection - Ancient Coins of the Holy Land [digital resource], Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives
Document Type
Article
Comments
Demetrius instituted measures to suppress the Maccabean Revolt (see Books of Maccabees); sent his own highpriest to Judea. Grew up hostage in Rome. See I Maccabees 1:10-15.