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ID number: BIRBI-G0011 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Antigonos III; Macedon? Denomination: Tetradrachm Place made: Macedon Culture: Greek Date made: 229 BC-221 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 17.14 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Bt 21.ii.1990 from Numismatica Ars Classica, Zürich (catalogue no. 149) through P. D. Whitting Fund (PDWF no. 1). |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Poseidon r., hair bound with marine plant. Reverse: Apollo seated l., holding bow, on prow of a galley. Monogram beneath.
Inscriptions: Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ (King Antigonos)
Bibliography: SNG Ashmolean 3264; cf. Seaby 6789
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