Silver Coin of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Damascus, 120 BC - 119 BC 1944.100.77963

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Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus VIII right, with hair in bangs above forehead and hornlike lock above ear
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Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ - Zeus Uranius, nude, standing left, holding star and resting on scepter
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Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 16.38
    • Diameter (in mm): 12

Typological Description

Source: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 2322.1

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1944.100.77963
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Subjects

  • Era: SE

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Annotations

1. Edward T. Newell hoard notebook, undated

Sections
206, 206
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.
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