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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos III
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 202–187 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28.5 mm. Weight: 16.38 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.653
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 272.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed head of Antiochos III to right.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left, on a draped omphalos, an arrow in the right hand and a bow in the lowered left. Ground line.
Inscription in Greek in left and right fields, downwards, and in exergue.
Posssibly a Greek sigma in the field at the left.
Border of dots.
Ruler: Antiochos III (223-186 B.C.)
Border of dots.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left, on a draped omphalos, an arrow in the right hand and a bow in the lowered left. Ground line.
Inscription in Greek in left and right fields, downwards, and in exergue.
Posssibly a Greek sigma in the field at the left.
Border of dots.
Ruler: Antiochos III (223-186 B.C.)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin 13, no. 93); 1962: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; September 19, 1962: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., for $ 70- (total price for 62.639–62.655 = $ 2300-)