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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IV Epiphanes BCE 175-164

AE 17 mm, 4.6 g, Antioch mint, c. BCE 173/2-169

SC 1408

O: Radiate diademed hd of Antiochus IV r, one end of diadem flying up behind the other falling forward over the shoulder, dotted border.

R:[Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ A]NTIOXO[Y] in two lines on r, ΘEOY EΠΙΦANOYΣ in two lines on the l., (ΘEOY beneath the thunderbolt) Zeus stg l, holding thunderbolt and sceptre.

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