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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos I
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 265–261 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Magnesia-ad-Sipylum (Lydia) (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 16.93 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.41
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 264.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed head of Antiochos I to right.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Herakles seated to left, on his lion's skin, draped on rocks; in right hand, club, downwards. Ground line.
In exergue, two monograms. Inscription at left and right.
Ruler is Antiochos I (280-261 B.C.).
Border of dots.
Reverse: Herakles seated to left, on his lion's skin, draped on rocks; in right hand, club, downwards. Ground line.
In exergue, two monograms. Inscription at left and right.
Ruler is Antiochos I (280-261 B.C.).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London W.C. 2; February 12, 1959: purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. for £ 100/-/-