Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing a flat brimmed hat with strings hanging off the back, cloth draped around his neck, small dots surround the border. The other side of the coin depicts a man standing, right arm slightly raised holding a trident, left hand holding a palm leaf; at the foot of the man, a symbol; to the right and left of the man, the Greek characters: A N T I M A C H O Y / B A S I L E W S / T H E O Y.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.163
People
Antimachos I, Indo-Greek (r. c.185-170 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antimachos I of Baktria
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
199-160 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Bactria
Period
Hellenistic period, Middle
Culture
Graeco-Bactrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196064

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.68 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Brett 2239; Bop., Antimaque I 1A , 1 p.183; Mitch. 124f

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.163
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Antimachus I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing kausia, border of dots
Rev.: Poseidon standing facing, trident in right hand, palm with ribbons in left hand; monogram at left foot, ligature

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • Calming the Tempest with Peter Paul Rubens, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/22/2001 - 03/17/2002
  • The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005
  • Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
  • 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

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