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Start Over Culture or time period Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) Culture or time period West Asian cultures Materials Silver (metal) Production place Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria

1. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4427
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC) and Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
226-223 BC
Dimensions:
linear 28 millimeters and weight 17.01 grams
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
Collection date:
unknown
Person depicted:
Apollo (Greek and Roman diety) and Seleucus III Ceraunus (King of Syria)