173 BCE - 169 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ
Overstriking coin
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Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, AA.GR.12721
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Antiochos right, wearing radiate crown and diadem. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ (Greek) Apollo standing right, nude, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver on back.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 173 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 169 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.564.56 g <br />4,560 mg <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Spaer, Arnold - Lorber, Catharine C. (1998), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Israel. I : The Arnold Spaer collection of Seleucid coins, London, Italo Vecchi Ltd., p. 389, pl. 189.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.