tetradrachm / Silver

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.6869
Other Object Numbers: Richards 564c (Catalogue Number); 00046 (PV_NUMBER)
Object Name: tetradrachm
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Richards, Dr. Abram E.
Object Category: Numismatic
Object Type: Coins
Cultures: Seleucid (counterfeit)
Materials: Silver

Date

Date: 280-261 BC

Numismatic Information

Coin Denomination: tetradrachm
Coin Authority: Antiochus I Soter
Coin Mint: Seleucid Syria
Coin Obverse Description: Middle aged head of Antiochus I right, border of dots
Coin Reverse Description: Apollo seated left on omphalos; holds arrow in right hand, bow in left hand; drapery over right thigh; above on left, animal head.
Coin Reverse Inscription: to left, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ; to right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

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Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.02.6869
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6869/1

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