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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos I, struck by Antiochos II
Greek
Hellenistic Period
261–256 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris (Babylonia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 17.00 gm. Die Axis: 10
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.650
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 265.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed head of Antiochos I to right.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on draped omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, bow in lowered left. Ground line below.
Monograms at left and right.
Inscription in Greek at left and right.
Struck under Antiochos II, 261-246 B.C.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on draped omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, bow in lowered left. Ground line below.
Monograms at left and right.
Inscription in Greek at left and right.
Struck under Antiochos II, 261-246 B.C.
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; September 19, 1962: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., for $ 250- (total price for 62.639–62.655 = $ 2300-)