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Tetradrachm of Antioch-on-the-Maeander with head of Dionysos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 146 B.C.
Mint: Caria, Antioch-on-the-Maeander
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 15.21 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.1138
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 188.
DescriptionObverse: Vine-wreathed, filleted head of Dionysos to right.
Reverse: Humped bull standing to left on maeander pattern.
Tyche head in front.
Laurel wreath around.
Inscriptions in Greek within wreath, above and below.
Reverse: Humped bull standing to left on maeander pattern.
Tyche head in front.
Laurel wreath around.
Inscriptions in Greek within wreath, above and below.
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; December 12, 1962: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr. for $ 600-