Tetradrachm of Syria: Antiochos VIII Grypos, Zeus Uranios

Artist Unidentified artist

CultureGreek, Seleucid, Syrian

Date111 - 109 BCE

Mediumsilver

Dimensions1 1/8 in., 0.0022 lb. (2.9 cm, 0.001 kg)

Classificationscoins & medals

Credit LineThe William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund

Object number70.18.3

DescriptionObverse:
Head of Antiochos to right. The subject wears a diadem and has short, curly hair. The face has a large eye, a hooked, pointed nose, and prominent chin. The mouth is slightly open, the neck thick and muscular. The head is encircled by a knotted fillet border, partially missing, as the die was cast off-center.

Reverse:
Zeus stands, frontal, head facing left, surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries. His chest is bare, his lower body is draped in a himation, or mantle, secured at the left shoulder. He wears a wreath and is crowned by a crescent moon. In his left hand he holds a scepter, in his right an eight-pointed star. To right are the letters “ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ”; to left “ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ.” Below his right hand are two mint marks, the first a vertical element with two loops and two supports, the second an “Α.”

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