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GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos VI BCE 144-142



AE 18 mm, 7.94 g, 12h, possibly Apamea mint

SC 2015.2d (S) this exact coin is mentioned in SC

O: rad hd of Antiochos VI r.

R: kantharus, BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ANTIOXOY on right EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ/ΔIONYΣOY on left, control below Kantharus and palm branch to right of Kantharus

Ding likely from the tongs used at the mint?

 

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org/Ant6coins.html) this coin is also mentioned in SC for 2015.2d as a variety found in the Hoover Collection at that time cf. page 329 of Vol. II part I of SC.
ex: MNL Coll
ex: CNG