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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IX Philopator (Cyzicenus) BCE 114/3-95

AE 19 mm, 5.6 g, Tarsus (“civic”) mint, BCE 114/3-112

CSE 501 v, SC 2353.2, SNG Spaer 2729, CSE 2, 762

O: diademed hd of Antiochus IX r, with short, curly beard, diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., ΦΙΛΟΠATPOPOΣ on l., Athena advancing r., spear on shoulder, holding shield. Control (monogram) E in inner l., field.

Ex: Incitatus
Acquisition: 2009
Tantalus ID#35542