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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos VIII
Greek
Hellenistic Period
121–113 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Antioch
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 16.71 gm.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.103
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2185.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Antiochos VIII to right, in diadem, ends hanging downwards.
Fillet border.
Reverse: Zeus Ouranios standing facing, head and right leg to left; on outstretched right hand, eight-pointed star; raised left on lotus-tipped scepter; hair long on neck; upper body nude, himation over lower body and left shoulder; on head, crescent, horns upward.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields, and below right hand in left margin.
In right field between scepter and inscription: N.
Ground line.
All within laurel-wreath border tied below.
Fillet border.
Reverse: Zeus Ouranios standing facing, head and right leg to left; on outstretched right hand, eight-pointed star; raised left on lotus-tipped scepter; hair long on neck; upper body nude, himation over lower body and left shoulder; on head, crescent, horns upward.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields, and below right hand in left margin.
In right field between scepter and inscription: N.
Ground line.
All within laurel-wreath border tied below.