Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; 17.15 grams, 29 mm. Antiochus III, 208-200 BC. Antioch, Syria. Obverse: bust of Antiochus III r., diademed. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo seated l. holding bow; to l., monogram.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Ancient Syria
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in Paris
Production place:
Ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Antiochus III (King of Syria) and Apollo (Greek and Roman diety)
Inscription:
ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ[ ΦΙΛΕΠΠΗΝΟ[
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
222-187 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 29 millimeters and weight 17.15 grams
Loans:
S1974-1975 #8: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 5, 1973–November 19, 1974), S1975-1976 #16: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 9, 1975–April 22, 1981), S1982-1983 #30: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (February 28, 1983–March 17, 1983), and S1996-1997 #5d: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 13, 1996–April 17, 1997)