Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
AE 20
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueAntioch, Syria
Date125-122 BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions20 mm, 6.6 g, 12 o'clock
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: F/VFRuler/Minting Authority: Alexander II Zabinas
City-State/Region/Mint: Antioch, Syria
Obverse & Reverse
Head radiate, right; circle of dots.
Two cornucopias intertwined at bottom, each bound with fillet; to right, Σ with bunch of grapes above and wreath below; to left, A with bunch of grapes above; to either side, BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY.
Object number1982.7.446
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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