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A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Antiochus I, II or III (?)

3rd-2nd century BCE

Greek

Syria

The front of this coin portrays Antiochus facing right.

On the back, the god Apollo sits on a rounded stone called an omphalos.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium