Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
AE 21
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueAntioch on the Orontes, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
Date39-18 BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions21 mm, 5.55 g, 1 o'clock
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: G/VGRuler/Minting Authority: Antioch on the Orontes
City-State/Region/Mint: Antioch on the Orontes, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
Obverse & Reverse
Laureate head of Zeus right; double struck.
Zeus enthroned holding scepter in left hand and Nike in right; to either side, ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTROΠΛEΩΣ; date in exergue (illegible); double struck.
Object number1982.7.62
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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