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Coin Catalog Number: Dewing 2566

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Collection:Arthur S. Dewing Collection
Material:Silver
Denomination:Tetradrachm
Mint:Seleukeia on the Tigris Region:Syria
Date:ca. 261 B.C. - 246 B.C. Period:Hellenistic
Issuing Authority:Antiochos II
Actual Weight:16.95 Die Axis:180 degrees

Obverse Type:

Diademed head of Antiochos I, profile to the right; border of dots

Reverse Type:

Naked Apollo seated to the left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; in left and right field, monograms

Reverse Legend:

BASILEÔS ANTIOCHOU

Commentary:

Seleucia on the Tigris. ESM 188a (this coin).

Collection History

Robinson Collection Naville 10, 15 June 1925, 858.

(Arthur Houghton)

Keywords:

Antiochos I, Apollo, arrow, bow, omphalos

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2 Images

Archive NumberCaption
1990.26.0179Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos I, profile to the right; border of dots
1990.26.0180Reverse: Naked Apollo seated to the left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; in left and right field, monograms
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