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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos IV
Greek
Hellenistic Period
169–167 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Antioch
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 16.73 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1171
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2163.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Antiochos to right wearing fillet with flying ends.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left on throne without back, sceptre in raised left hand, on right hand. a Nike crowning him; about his loins a mantle.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and left, downwards, and also in exergue.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left on throne without back, sceptre in raised left hand, on right hand. a Nike crowning him; about his loins a mantle.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and left, downwards, and also in exergue.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1300); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren