Drachm
Antiochus VI
Greek
Asia Minor
Middle East
145-142 BCE
Silver
Diameter: 11/16 in. (17 mm)
Weight: 4.07 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29575
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Syria, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Head of King radiate, right Reverse: Apollo seated left on Omphalus holding bow and arrow
Course History
Classics 11.19, History 94.16, Before Billboards and Twitters: Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2024
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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