coin / Silver

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 1988.04.0007
Object Name: coin
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Numismatic Fine Arts International
Object Category: Numismatic
Object Type: Coins
Cultures: Seleucid
Materials: Silver

Measurements

Weight: 17; 17g
Diameter: 2.8
Measurement Notes: 2.7 cm diameter, thickness: 0.4 cm

Date

Date: 210 BC

Numismatic Information

Coin Denomination: tetradrachm
Coin Authority: Antiochus III the Great
Coin Mint: Seleucid Syria
Coin Obverse Description: Head of Antiochus III right
Coin Reverse Description: Apollo seated left

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: The Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints, from Seleucus I to Antiochus III (Numismatic Studies No. 1). Newell, Edward T.. New York: American Numismatic Society, 1938.
Exhibitions: Cavafy's World: A Tribute to the Greek Poet Constantine P. Cavafy. 2002.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1988.04.0007
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1988.04.0007/dsc_0722.jpg

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