Tetradrachm: Macedonian Shield with Head of Artemis (obverse); Club (reverse) (158–150 BCE): Art, History and Details

Tetradrachm: Macedonian Shield with Head of Artemis (obverse); Club (reverse) (158–150 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Although Macedon was conquered by Rome in 168 BC, its mints continued to produce Hellenistic-style coinage. The obverse of this coin shows Artemis, identifiable by her bow and quiver, centered within an ornate Macedonian shield. On the reverse, a club is enclosed by a wreath and an inscription ascribing this coin to the first region of the Roman client state.

Object facts

• Title: Tetradrachm: Macedonian Shield with Head of Artemis (obverse); Club (reverse)
• Date: 158–150 BCE
• Culture: Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), under Roman control
• Type: Coins
• Technique: silver
• Dimensions: Diameter: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
• Collection: GR - Greek
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1916.978

A detail from the museum

Three monograms around the border of the reverse identify officials responsible for producing this coin.

Collection credit

Gift of J. H. Wade

View the collection record

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