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didrachms to
tetradrachms occurred during c. 525–510 BC; the
abandonment of the "heraldic"-type
didrachms and the
Archaic tetradrachms (early "owls")...
- not
current shekels, but
tetradrachms of the
Attic standard of the Gr****
cities of
Syria and Phoencia.
These tetradrachms were
common at the time of...
-
Tyrian shekels,
tetradrachms, or
tetradrachmas were
coins of Tyre. They also bore the Gr****
inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (Týrou hierâs kai asýlou...
- reverse). At Mint A,
these coins,
Group I (A1-A10)
consist of
silver tetradrachms, drachms, and hemidrachms; they use
either of the two monograms, plus...
-
contributed to
their success as the
premier trade coin of
their era.
Tetradrachms on this
weight standard continued to be a
widely used coin (often the...
- War (398-393 BC). This
coinage consisted solely of
Attic weight silver tetradrachms (17.26 g),
known as
Series I (c. 410-390 BC),
containing five separate...
-
tetradrachms),
Thrace (3
tetradrachms),
Bithynia (7
tetradrachms),
Seleucids (76
tetradrachms),
Arsacids (161
tetradrachms) and
Pontus (1
tetradrachm)...
- 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)...
- the main
coinage of the empire.
Alexander minted gold staters,
silver tetradrachms and drachims, and
various fractional bronze coins. The
types of these...
