Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4744
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004744
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Lampsacus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia
Production place:
Lampsacus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1905
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Antiochus Hierax (King of Syria) and Apollo (Greek and Roman diety)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
241-228 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 14.37 grams and linear 29 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4744, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4744, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4744, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4744, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4744, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4744, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4744, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.37 grams, 29 mm. Obverse: Bust of Antiochus Hierax r. diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo l., seated in omphalos, holding arrow and bow; to left, bee.

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