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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with bust of Antiochos IV, struck posthumously
Greek
Hellenistic Period
146–145 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Antioch
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 16.33 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.977
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 284.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed bust of Antiochos IV (died 164) to right.
Cable border.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left, holding scepter in left hand, Nike with raised wreath on extended right. Ground line.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields, and in exergue.
Cable border.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left, holding scepter in left hand, Nike with raised wreath on extended right. Ground line.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields, and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1912: with Brüder Egger, Opernring 7, Vienna 1 (auction of the Fenerly Bey and other collections, Egger auction 41, November 18ff., 1912, lot 712); by 1925: with Naville & Cie., 6 & 8 Rue Pécolat, Geneva, Switzerland (Naville auction 10, Hôtel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland, June 15-18, 1925, lot 1216); by date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection (SNG, no. 3154); by 1961: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the Lockett Collection, part 12, February 21-23, 1961, lot 2612); by date unknown: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; November 14, 1962: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. for $ 140-