American Numismatic Society: Silver Coin of Alexander I Balas, Antioch, 150 BC

Weight (in gr.): 4.13
Diameter (in mm): 19

Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander I right, usually with long sideburn or scanty beard along jawline

Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOY EYEPΓETOY - Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow

Object Type: Coin
Date Range: 150 BC - 149 BC
Denomination: Drachma
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Alexander I Balas
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Antioch
Obverse
- Portrait: Alexander I Balas
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
Reverse
- Symbol (OuterLeftField): cornucopiae / monogram
- Symbol (Exergue): ΓΞΡ
- Deity: Apollo
TypeSeries: Seleucid Coins

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Sections: 205, 205
Creator: Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Abstract: Notebook containing notes on coins of various hoards, along with loose leaves with additional coin lists, notes, and rubbings. A detached label once adhered to the cover of the album reads, "HOARDS II." Includes a letter to Margaret Thompson from Martin Price of the British Museum relating to a joint project on the coins of Alexander the Great (1968). Hoards covered in the notebook are Sardis, Anadol, Aleppo, Ankyra, Aintab, Andhritsena, Abu Hommos, Taranto, Bithynian, Demanhur, Chalcis (Eretria), Calabria, Constantinople, Cyprus (Larnaka), Peloponessos, Drama, Greece (Tiffany), Eretria, Epidaurus, Sparta, Patras, Gesou, Haiffa, Prof. Haynes, Saida, Jandolo, Anadol, Kuft, Kyparissia, Keleler, Karditsa, Messene, Larnaka, Lamia, Latakie, Mosul, Marasesti, Patras, Parthian, Philip II Staters, Ravel, Salonica, Sophikon, Taranto, Tripolitsa, Thebes, Urfa, Gejou, Lamia, and Kyparissia.

Silver Coin of Alexander I Balas, Antioch, 150 BC - 149 BC. 1944.100.76382