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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.71
People
Antiochos VIII Grypos, Greek (r. 126/5-96 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antiochos VIII Grypos, Ake-Ptolemais
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
115-113 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Ptolemaïs-Ake (Phoenicia)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186470

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.75 g
Die Axis
11
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
LSM 35; SCE 813

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.71
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: diademed head of Antiochus.
Reverse: BASILEOS ANTIOXOU EPIPhANOU, Zeus Uranius, head adorned with crescent, holding star ans scepter; to l., monogram; all in laurel wreath.

Verification Level

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