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, tendrils of short curly hair held in place with a headband, small dots surround the border. The other side of the coin depicts a naked man seated on an ornately carved stone, right arm outstretched holding an arrow, left arm resting on a bow; to the left and right of the man, symbols and the vertically written Greek characters: B A S I L E O S / A N T I O X O Y.\

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2566
People
Antiochus II Theos, Greek (r. 261-246 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antiochos II Theos of Syria
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
261 BCE-246 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148415

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
16.95 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: BASILEOS ANTIOXOY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Naville 10, 15 June 1925, 858

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
ESM 188a (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.2566
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochus I r., border of dots
Rev.: Naked Apollo seated l. on omphalos, holding arrow and bow. Monograms to l. and r.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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