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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos II
Greek
Hellenistic Period
256–246 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Antioch
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 17.07 gm.
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number08.355
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2155.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Antiochos II to right, wearing diadem, one end hanging downwards, the other fluttering upwards.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on an omphalos covered in a network of fillets holding two arrows downwards in raised right hand and left hand resting on bow.
At sides, inscription in Greek. In left and right fields, monogram.
In field above shoulder: Greek letter.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on an omphalos covered in a network of fillets holding two arrows downwards in raised right hand and left hand resting on bow.
At sides, inscription in Greek. In left and right fields, monogram.
In field above shoulder: Greek letter.
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. 1298); June 1908: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 4,884.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 08.329-08.359)