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Period
Seleucid
Ruler
Autonomous?
Mint
Demetrias (Damascus)
Province or Region
Syria
Date
95-84 BC
Metal
Bronze
Denomination
22
Weight
8.55g
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
Document Type
Article
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.