1976.79.1598: Tetradrachm of Antiochos III the Great of Syria
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1976.79.1598
- People
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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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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