Live auction - bgr_903798 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VI DIONYSUS Drachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VI DIONYSUS Drachme AU

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bgr_903798

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Type : Drachme

Date: (an 168)

Mint name / Town : Apamée, Syrie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 4,08 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire, sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté. Joli revers. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - CSE.- - Spaer1760 var. - SMA.223 - B.- - HGCS. 9/1036 b - SC. 2/2011 /1b

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête diadémée et radiée d’Antiochus VI à droite ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse

Reverse description : Apollon assis à gauche sur l'omphalos, tenant une flèche de la main droite et appuyé sur son arc de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, une grappe de raisin ; monogramme entre les jambes d’Apollon.

Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EPIF-ANOUS// DION-USOU// (AP)// HXR

Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus glorieux Dionysos).