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Greece/Seleucid; Philip I Philadelphus BCE c. 95/4-perhaps 76/5


AR Tetradrachm, 25 mm, 14.58g., Antioch or another Eastern mint, lifetime of Philip or posthumous.

SC 2464c

O: diademed hd of Philip I r., with bulging eyes and pouting lips, and an especially pronounced aquiline nose. diadem ends falling straight behind, fillet border.

R: Zeus std l., holding Nike and sceptre, laurel wreath border. [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΦΙΛΙΠΠO[Y] in two lines on the r., ΕΠΙΦAΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦO[Y] in two lines on l.

Primary Control: T in ex.
Frozen control under throne.

cf. SC II pp. 604-605 for further info on this type.

Tantalus ID#35515