Antique Print-DEMETRIUS II NICATOR-SELEUCID EMPIRE-COIN-Goeree-1690

Price: € 33,50

Subject: Plate page 344: 'Penningen van Demetrius Nikator'. (Coins of Demetrius II Nicator.) He was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter, brother of Antiochus VII Sidetes and his mother could have been Laodice V. He ruled the Seleucid Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Hyrcania in Parthia.

Condition: Excellent; General age related toning and foxing as visible on scan; Paper edges a bit irregular with an occasional small tear. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving and etching on a verge type paper with watermark (not visible on every sheet). Rear blank. Print originates from book / atlas. 100% authentic.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 22.5 x 36 cm. The image size is ca. 17.5 x 28 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8.9 x 14.2 inch. The image size is ca. 6.9 x 11 inch.

Part Number: 20353

Location: A197-26

Description: This old antique print originates from the 2-volume: 'Joodse Oudheden, ofte Voor-Bereidselen tot de Bybelsche Wysheid, en gebruik der heilige en kerkelijke historien: uit de Alder-Oudste Gedenkkenissen der Hebreen, Chaldeen, Babyloniers, Egiptenaars, Syriers, Grieken en Romeinen, ...', published by Wilhelmus Goeree, Amsterdam, 1690.

Artists and Engravers: Wilhelmus Goeree (1635-1711), Dutch bookseller. Very engaged with art and science. Most plates engraved by J.Luyken (1642-1712), a Dutch engraver and author.