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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.129.8
People
Antiochos I Soter, Greek (r. 281-261 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Laodikeia ad Mare in the name of Seleukos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
261 BCE-246 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Laodikeia ad Mare (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/98025

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.72 g
Die Axis
7
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
CNG 54, 14 June 2000, 794.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SC 357.6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Townsend-Vermeule Gift
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.129.8
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of youthful Herakles r.wearing lion's skin. Border of dots.
Rev.: Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle in r. hand, and scepter in l.; on r., SELEUKO[U]; in exergue, BASILEUS; beneath eagle, dolphin.

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