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GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos VI BCE 144-142



AE 18 mm, 7.94 g, 12h, possibly Apamea mint

SC 2015.2d (S) this exact coin is mentioned in SC

O: rad hd of Antiochos VI r.

R: kantharus, BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ANTIOXOY on right EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ/ΔIONYΣOY on left, control below Kantharus and palm branch to right of Kantharus

Ding likely from the tongs used at the mint?

 

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org/Ant6coins.html) this coin is also mentioned in SC for 2015.2d as a variety found in the Hoover Collection at that time cf. page 329 of Vol. II part I of SC.
ex: MNL Coll
ex: CNG

GREEK/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-145



AE 13mm, 2.02 g, 12h, Tyre mint BCE 147-146

SC 1838.1  R1

O: diad hd of Alexander I r.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ curving on r  AΛΕΞANΔPOY curving on the left,  in the field CΞ—P (SE 166)

No controls.

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org)
ex: MNL Coll
ex: CNG

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos IV BCE 175-164




AE 14 mm, 2.67g, 12h, Ptolemaïs Ake mint c. BCE 175-172

SC 1478.1j   R2

O: laur hd of Apollo dotted border control behind hd A/B

R: Apollo std l. on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, often compound.

Aphlaston on far left nearly off field, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r and ANTIOXOY on l. with Λ control in ex.

 
ex: MNL Coll
ex: CNG

GREEK/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-145



AE 15mm, 2.71 g, 12h, Marisa mint

SC 1850.4 (R2)

O: Hd of Alexander r

R: semi draped bearded male deity stg facing hd l extending r hand above royal name

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r AΛΕΞANΔPOY on l. name is often abbreviated, control or mintmark inner left

H/Δ/Λ/M.

 
ex: MNL Coll
ex: CNG