American Numismatic Society: Silver Coin of Antiochus II Theos, Tarsus, 261 BC

Weight (in gr.): 17.1
Diameter (in mm): 28

Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus II right

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

Object Type: Coin
Date Range: 261 BC - 246 BC
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Antiochus II Theos
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Tarsus
Obverse
- Portrait: Antiochus II Theos
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
Reverse
- Symbol (Exergue): Houghton Monogram 243.2 , consists of Κ, Δ, and Ρ / Houghton Monogram 183 , consists of Η and Γ
- Deity: Apollo
TypeSeries: Seleucid Coins

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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.

Silver Coin of Antiochus II Theos, Tarsus, 261 BC - 246 BC 1944.100.78040