Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
AE 21
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueAntioch, Syria
Date123-122 BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions21 mm, 8.83 g, 12 o'clock
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: VFRuler/Minting Authority: Alexander II Zabinas
City-State/Region/Mint: Antioch, Syria
Obverse & Reverse
Head diademed, right; circle of dots.
Young Dionysos standing left in short chiton, himation and colthurni, holding kantharos and thyrsos; to left, letter (effaced), date (obscured); to either side, BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY.
Object number1982.7.152
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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