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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.157
Title
Coin of Antioch
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Seleucid
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185907

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.98 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 40

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
1980.85.157
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.: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos and modius (or turreted headdress?), standing l., in r. staff with crooked top, in l. cornucopiae.

Verification Level

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