1.1965.2565: Drachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2565
- People
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Antiochus I Soter, Greek (r. 281-261 BCE)
- Title
- Drachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 280 BCE-261 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Ecbatana (Syria)
- Period
- Seleucid period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148414
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.13 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gans FPL 29, Winter 1962/3, 7220
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SC I 358, ESM 509
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
- 1.1965.2565
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of Herakles in lion skin r., border of dots.
Rev.: Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle and scepter; to l., monogram, above forepart of lion l.; beaneath throne, monogram. Border of dots.
Verification Level
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