Tetradrachm of Antiochos VIII Grypos of Syria, First Reign, Damascus | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2005.115.40
People: Antiochos VIII Grypos, Greek (r. 126/5-96 BCE)
Title: Tetradrachm of Antiochos VIII Grypos of Syria, First Reign, Damascus
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 121/20 BCE - 114/13 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Syria, Damascus
Period: Seleucid period
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/20711

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 16.59 g
Die Axis: 12
Denomination: tetradrachm
Date on Object: off flan

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: CSE 850

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year: 2005
Object Number: 2005.115.40
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to r. ; fillet border.
Rev.: Zeus naked, standing to l., crescent above his head, holding star and scepter; laurel wreath border.

Exhibition History

Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011

Verification Level

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