AE 18

Issuer (?)Likely issued by Antioch on the Orontes

Expedition The Joint Expedition to Samaria

Place of IssueAntioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria

ProvenanceSamaria, Palestine

Date92/91-77/76 BCE

MediumAE (bronze/base metal)

Dimensions18 mm, 5.1 g, 12 o'clock

CultureSeleucid

DescriptionCondition: G-
Ruler/Minting Authority: Antioch on the Orontes?
City-State/Region/Mint: Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
Obverse & Reverse

- Obverse -

Laureate head of Zeus, right.

- Reverse -

Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand and scepter in left; behind, ANTIOXEΩN/THΣ; before, MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ (largely effaced).

Object number1982.7.216

ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.

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