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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus VI Dionysos BCE 144-142/1

AE Serrated 22 mm, 8.88g, Antioch mint, c. BCE 143-142



CSE 248, SC 2006a variety (control appears to be cornucopia)
O: radiate hd of Antiochus as Dionysus r obs o/c to lower r


R: elephant adv l holding torch in trunk, in field to r [ΣTA] and cornucopia partly visible, above [B]AΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ]/ ANTIOX[OY] below EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ/ΔIONY[ΣOY]