Barbarous tetradrachm
Also known as: tetradrahmă barbară
Record status
Individual type · partial
Barbarous tetradrachm is held by Satu Mare County Museum (Romania). Description supplied by the holding institution: obverse: Human head in profile to the left, slightly stylized, with laurel wreath and beard; the wreath is rendered with three rows of oval protrusions, pointed at the ends, arranged horizontally.
Above these, the hair is rendered by straight lines, and at the nape by slightly curved lines. The human face has a strong, well-defined nose, the mouth is rendered by two globules, the eye by a triangle containing a globule. Prominent cheek, beard rendered by small shapeless protrusions, neck marked by a wavy line. The collection record gives measurements diameter: 24x23.5 mm; mass: 12.49 g; metal fineness: 800‰. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- diametru: 24x23,5 mm; masa: 12,49 g; titlul metalului: 800‰
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_c23572dc1b92476f85b9a354d3d9752c
- Museum object name
- tetradrahmă barbară
- Holding institution
- Satu Mare County Museum
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