Athena Nikephoros - Antiochus IX

 

Category: tetradrachm. 

Obverse: Diademed Antiochus IX. 

Reverse: Athena Nikephoros (Bringer of Victory) standing, resting hand on shield, and propping spear on her arm; all within wreath. 

Inscription: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOΡOΣ ΘΡΡ (Basileus Antiochus Philopator: who loves his father). 

Material: silver. 

Dimensions: diameter: 2.85 - 2.95 cm., thickness -35 cm. 

Weight: 16.38 gm. 

Era: towards the end of second century BCE. 

Acquired on December 30, 1935. 

Collection: National Museum of Damascus. 

Bašīr Zuhdī. ʾAqdam an-Nuqūd ad-Dimašqīyyā wa Namaḏiǧihā fi al-Matḥaf al-Waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XXVI 1976 (pp. 73-98).