Coin

Antiochus VIII
Greek
Asia Minor
Middle East

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125-121 BCE

Bronze

Diameter: 9/16 in. (14 mm)

Weight: 2.88 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29591

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: Bust of Artemis right Reverse: Inscription around horn

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

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