Billon Tetradrachm of Antioch on the Orontes under Elagabalus

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1982.100.31
People: Elagabalus, Roman (r. 218 - 222 CE)
Title: Billon Tetradrachm of Antioch on the Orontes under Elagabalus
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 218-222
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture: Roman Provincial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/169961

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 12.36 g
Die Axis: 12
Denomination: tetradrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: BMC 416; D.S. 238

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year: 1982
Object Number: 1982.100.31
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust of Elagabalus, r., laureate.
Rev.: Eagle facing, head l., bearing wreath in beak; between legs, a star.

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