-
Armenia Tetradrachm of
Sparta Tetradrachm of
Abdera Tetradrachm of Troy
Tetradrachm of Kyme
Tetradrachm of
Rhegion Tetradrachm of
Naxos Tetradrachm of Aetna...
- Gr****
coins normally had
distinctive names in
daily use. The
Athenian tetradrachm was
called owl, the
Aeginetic stater was
called chelone, the Corinthian...
- made of silver, with the main
currencies being the
drachm and
tetradrachm. The
tetradrachm,
which generally weighed around 16 g, was only
minted in Seleucia...
- the
common obverse of the
Athenian tetradrachms after 510 BC and
according to Philochorus, the
Athenian tetradrachm was
known as
glaux (γλαύξ,
little owl)...
-
Tyrian shekels,
tetradrachms, or
tetradrachmas were
coins of Tyre. They also bore the Gr****
inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (Týrou hierâs kai asýlou...
- used.
Donald Wiseman suggests two possibilities. They
could have been
tetradrachms of Tyre,
usually referred to as
Tyrian shekels (14
grams of 94% silver)...
-
Ptolemaic tetradrachm with the
Eagle of Zeus,
standing on a thunderbolt, on the obverse...
- Top left:
Silver tetradrachm of Volusi****. From Antioch. Top right: Coin of the
usurper Uranius Antoninus. From Emesa.
Bottom left: Coin of Elagabalus...
- was
based on a
drachma of 4.3 g, but in
practice the main coin was the
tetradrachm of 17.2 g. Each
drachma was
divided into six
obols of 0.72 g. It was...
- the main
coinage of the empire.
Alexander minted gold staters,
silver tetradrachms and drachims, and
various fractional bronze coins. The
types of these...
