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Coin of Antioch with head of Zeus, struck under Varus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
5–4 B.C.
Mint: Syria, Antioch
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.33 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.806
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse: Tyche seated right holding palm branch in right.
At feet, river-god Orontes swimming.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field at right.
Reverse: Tyche seated right holding palm branch in right.
At feet, river-god Orontes swimming.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field at right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: in the collection of an English clergyman (now MFA 65.636-65.870); about 1963: collection purchased at auction in London by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; collection purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 9,1965