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Drachm of Antioch-on-the-Maeander with head of Apollo
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 168 B.C.
Mint: Caria, Antioch-on-the-Maeander
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 3.98 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.94
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 189.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Apollo to right.
Reverse: Humped bull recumbent to left on ground line.
Maeander pattern below.
Inscriptions in Greek above bull and below maeander
Laurel wreath around.
Reverse: Humped bull recumbent to left on ground line.
Maeander pattern below.
Inscriptions in Greek above bull and below maeander
Laurel wreath around.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963