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- Co 213 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Alexander I Balas from Antioch) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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-147
- Not before (date)
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-149
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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BMCSeleucidSyria 55, p. 56, pl. XVI:12
- Comparanda
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SeleucidCoins II.1801
- Description
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Obverse struck ca. 15% off center to lower right
- Preservation comment
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Wear: F+/F. Slight, extensive pitting and scratching on both faces; small area of thin bronze disease on reverse.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 71 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenic and Hellenistic“)
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Numismatic Authority
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Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, or Balas (king of Syria, 150-145 BCE)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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19.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Seleuceia Pieria
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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5.4
- Obverse Description
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Laureate, bearded head of Zeus to right; within dotted border
- Reverse Description
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Athena standing to left, leaning on shield and spear, holds owl in extended right arm
- Reverse Inscription
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕⲰΣ | [ΑΛ]ΕΞ[ΑΝΡΟΥ . . .]
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Bird (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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