Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Seleucia on the Tigris | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.2563
People: Antiochos I Soter, Greek (r. 281-261 BCE)
Title: Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Seleucia on the Tigris
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 280 BCE-261 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia ad Tigrim (Syria)
Period: Seleucid period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/148589

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

17.08 g

Die Axis

9

Denomination

tetradrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: SC I 379.6, ESM 162

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: 1.1965.2563
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochos r., border of dots.
Rev.: Naked Apollo, slight drapery on r. thigh, seated l. on omphalos, holding arrow and resting l. hand on grounded bow; to l., monogram, to right, another monogram. Border of dots.

Exhibition History

Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008

Verification Level

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