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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.159
Title
Coin of Antioch
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 312 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Seleucid
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185524

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.38 g
Die Axis
1
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 12-18, 21-24

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
1980.85.159
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Zeus r., laureate, border of dots.
Rev.: Zeus wearing himation, seated l., in r. Nike, in l. scepter.

Verification Level

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