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Period
Seleucid
Ruler
Autonomous?
Mint
Demetrias (Damascus)
Province or Region
Syria
Date
95-84 BC
Metal
Bronze
Denomination
24
Weight
10.27g
Obverse Description
Head of Male, r., diademed
Reverse Description
Tyche sits on rock; holds cornucopia; right arm out; river god at feet. ΔΗΜΕΤΡΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ
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
Comments
The city of Damascus was briefly renamed “Demetrias” by the Seleucid king Demetrius III Philopator who rebuilt the city in a new “Hippodamian” (grid pattern) network of streets.