Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
AE 17
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueApameia, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
Date128-122 BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions17 mm (serrated), 6.14 g, 12 o'clock
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: VFRuler/Minting Authority: Alexander II Zabinas
City-State/Region/Mint: Apameia, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria?
Obverse & Reverse
Head of young Dionysos, wreathed in ivy, right.
Winged Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left; to either side, BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY; struck off-center.
Object number1982.7.214
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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