Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
Denomination A (Quadruple)/AE 22
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueTarsus, Cilicia
Date114-112 BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions22 mm, 10.31 g, Axis: Indeterminate
CultureRoman Provincial
DescriptionCondition: G-/PRuler/Minting Authority: Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus?
City-State/Region/Mint: Tarsus, Cilicia?
Obverse & Reverse
Diademed head right; counterstamp laureate male bust, right in oval over neck and chin.
Indecipherable; Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsus in left; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ (completely obscured)?
Object number1982.7.589
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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