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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2609
People
Antiochos VI Dionysos, Greek (r. 145-142/1 BCE - or 139/8?)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antiochos VI Dionysos of Syria
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
144 BCE-142 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147879

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.72 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
G. Hirsch, 21 Feb. 1963

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SC II 2002.2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.2609
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI r., one diadem end waving across border behind, the other falling forward over shoulder, fillet border.
Rev.: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY in two lines above, EPIPHANOYS DIONYSOY in two lines below, Dioscuri on horseback charging l. with couched spears, all within Dionysiac wreath of laurel, ivy leaves, and grain ears

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