Silver 4 drachm (tetradrachm) of Antiochus II Theos, Antioch on the Orontes, 256 BC - 246 BC. 1944.100.75079

Weight (in gr.): 16.97
Diameter (in mm): 28

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.75079

Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus II r.

Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - Apollo seated l. on omphalos testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow

Object Type: Coin
Date Range: 256 BC - 246 BC
Denomination: 4 drachm (tetradrachm)
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Antiochus II Theos
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
- Portrait: Antiochus II Theos
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Antioch on the Orontes
- Region: Syria
- Locality: Seleucis and Pieria
Reverse
- Symbol: Monogram (outer l. field); monogram (outer r. field)
- Deity: Apollo

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Sections: 64
Creator: Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Abstract: Notebook of handwritten notes on ancient Greek coin hoards, including Aleppo, 1893; Afiun Kara Hissar, Arpagot, 1918; Adrianople; Asia Minor, 1929; Babylon, 1900; Byblus, 1931; Chalcis, 1935; Chalcidice (Olynthus?); Demanhur, 1900; Epidaurus, 1903; Gebal (Byblus), 1931; Homs, 1934; Homs, 1927; Khorsabad; Mesopotamia (Dunne); Nicomedia (probably Thessalian hoard); Tell Halaf, 1911; Thessalian, 1938. Also, one loose sheet of Pera Palace Hotel (Constantinople) letterhead containing four pages of notes labeled "Antioch" Hoard.