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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus III BCE 223-187

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AE 23 mm, 11.37 g, 12h, Ecbatana mint, c. BCE 205

SC 1265, SNG Spaer 799v,  ESM 619, HSC 484 (R2)

O: diad., hd r. often of crude style with incipient baldness at temple, dotted border.  North to south die shift.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above  ANTIOXOY below, horse grazing l., controls on left and right.

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IV Epiphanes BCE 175-164


AE 21 mm, 4.84 g, 12h, Beirut mint, c. BCE 168-164

SC 1449.4, SNG Spaer 1077, HSC 664 (R2)

O: rad., diad., hd r. one diad end flying up behind and the other falling forward over shoulder, dotted border. Obv. Control behind hd CI

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY curving on r., in Phoenician script curving to left “Of Laodicea, mother (i.e. metropolis) in Canaan”. Ba’al Berit (Poseidon) stg facing holding phiale and trident, dotted border. Rev. mintmark ΛA to l., and Phi with O above to right.