1980.85.157: Coin of Antioch
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1980.85.157
- Title
- Coin of Antioch
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1st century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Seleucid
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/185907
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.98 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 40
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1980
- Object Number
- 1980.85.157
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Zeus r., laureate, border of dots.
Rev.: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos and modius (or turreted headdress?), standing l., in r. staff with crooked top, in l. cornucopiae.
Verification Level
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