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Drachm of Kingdom of Syria with bust of Alexander I Balas
Greek
Hellenistic Period
152–144 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Antioch
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 3.98 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.112
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 283.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed bust of Alexander I Balas to right.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos to left, holds arrow in right hand, bow in left.
Ground line. Monogram in exergue.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos to left, holds arrow in right hand, bow in left.
Ground line. Monogram in exergue.
Inscriptions in Greek in left and right fields.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with B. H. Kazandjian, 58 Langdon Avenue, Watertown, Mass.; purchased by MFA from B. H. Kazandjian, February 13, 1963