Coin: æ
- Museum number:
- 8-8094
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080008094
- Alternate number:
- Lindgren 35 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3101
- Description:
- Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 18 mm; 5.145 grams. Obverse: head of Antiochus VIII facing right, radiate. Reverse: Owl facing right, on prostrate amphora; inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗ[ ΚηΕΟπΑΤΡΑ[ KAI ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ]ΝΤΙΟΧ[
- Donor:
- Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
- Collection place:
- Ancient Syria
- Production place:
- Ancient Syria
- Culture or time period:
- Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
- Collector:
- Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Antiochus VIII Grypus (King of Syria)
- Inscription:
- ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗ[ ΚΛΕΟπΑΤΡΑ[ KAI ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ]ΝΤΙΟΧ[
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 125-121 BC
- Accession date:
- January 20, 1978
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 18 millimeters and weight 5.145 grams
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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