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Drachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos I
Greek
Hellenistic Period
280–261 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris (Babylonia)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 4.21 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.651
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 266.
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.
Inscription in Greek in left and right fields, downwards.
Monograms at left and right.
Ruler: Antiochos I, 280 to 261 B.C.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on draped omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, bow in lowered left.
Inscription in Greek in left and right fields, downwards.
Monograms at left and right.
Ruler: Antiochos I, 280 to 261 B.C.
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; September 19, 1962: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., for $ 60- (total price for 62.639–62.655 = $ 2300-)