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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator c. BCE 94-probably 88




AE 21 mm, 8.29 g., 12h, Unattributed Issue of Northern Syria, First reign, c. BCE 92/1?.

SC 2427A (to be included in an Addenda/Corrigenda of SC tentatively scheduled for pub in 2015)
please also refer to http://scaddenda.org/2014/10/07/scads42-antiochus-x-sc-2427a/ where it is listed by the new number and also as SCADS 43.

O: Diademed hd of Antiochus X r. with fringe of curly beard, diadem ends falling straight behind.
Dotted border.

R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOV in two lines on r. EVΣEBOVΣ ΦΙΛOΠATOPOΣ in two lines on the l., pilei of Dioscuri, each diademed and surmounted by star. PK monogram C control.

Possible date in exergue AKC (SE 221=92/1 BCE)?  Other mark in ex ANI? possible other letters?


part of this inscription may refer to SE 221=BCE 92/1 which would be both interesting and intriguing



Acquisition: 2009