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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1976.79.1598
People
Antiochos III the Great, Greek (r. 223-187 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antiochos III the Great of Syria
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
204-197 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Hellenistic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179653

Physical Descriptions

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cf. Houghton/Lorber (ANS) p. 392, no. 1031

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year
1976
Object Number
1976.79.1598
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Youthful head of Antiochos III r,, wearing diadem.
Rev.: Apollo, nude, seated on omphalos, l., testing arrow with r. hand and resting l. on grounded bow; in field at l., monogram like an alpha with arc under bar; at r., an 'N'; beneath omphalos, a club.

Verification Level

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