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174 - 169 | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Antiochus IV, wearing radiate wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Zeus standing left, holding scepter and thunderblt. At feet, eagle. Perhaps a monogram on outer left field.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Antioch
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Antiochos IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 174 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 169
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hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.053.05 g <br />3,050 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 182, no. 135
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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A. Houghton1A. Houghton, C. Lorber and O. Hoover, Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalogue, New York, 2002 and 2008, no. 1409.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder or Apollo wearing laurel wreath or Seleukos III, wearing diadem (visible: uncertain traces).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, nude, holding bow and arrow. In outer left field, CEΛ. In exergue, monogram (visible: Apollo's arm with arrow, legs, trace of omphalos. ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ. Trace of Λ in outer left field. Trace of monogram in exergue).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
