1.1965.2575: Tetradrachm of Antiochos III the Great of Syria
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2575
- People
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Antiochus III the Great, Greek (r. 222-187 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Antiochos III the Great of Syria
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 223 BCE-187 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
- Period
- Seleucid period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148417
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.02 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gans - Grunthal 10 Apr. 1951, 567
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SC I 1044.1, WSM 1089b
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
- 1.1965.2575
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochos III r., of florid style, with godlike, idealised features, tousled hair, and break in bangs indicated incipient baldness at temple, diadem end waving up behind, fillet border
Rev.: Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing an arrow in r. hand, l. hand resting on grounded bow. To l., monogram
Verification Level
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