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Stater of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos II
Greek
Hellenistic Period
261–256 B.C.
Mint: Syria (Kingdom), Aï Khanoum (Baktria)
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 8.43 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1170
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2152.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Antiochos II to right, wearing diadem, one end hanging downwards, the other fluttering upwards.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on an omphalos covered in a network of fillets holding two arrows downwards in raised right hand and left hand resting on bow.
At left, an eight-pointed star and lyre upright.
At sides, inscription in Greek In left field, a monogram.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on an omphalos covered in a network of fillets holding two arrows downwards in raised right hand and left hand resting on bow.
At left, an eight-pointed star and lyre upright.
At sides, inscription in Greek In left field, a monogram.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.