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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos Hierax
Greek
Hellenistic Period
241–228/7 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Lampsakos (Mysia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28.5 mm. Weight: 16.98 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.3
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 269.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed head of Antiochos to right.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on omphalos, arrow in right hand, bow in lowered left. Below omphalos, a monogram. In field at left, protome of Pegasus and torch.
Inscription in left and right fields, downwards.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on omphalos, arrow in right hand, bow in lowered left. Below omphalos, a monogram. In field at left, protome of Pegasus and torch.
Inscription in left and right fields, downwards.
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; January 10, 1962: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G. for $ 80.00.