Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
AE 19
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueApameia, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
Date128-122 BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions19 mm (serrated), 5.54 g, 12 o'clock
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: VF/FRuler/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, calathos on head, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left; to either side, BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY; no monogram to left.
Object number1982.7.151
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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