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Chalkon - Antiochos II Sardes
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 261 BC - 246 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A kithara (lyre) depicted centrally in the field, its strings and resonating body rendered with careful detail characteristic of Seleucid bronze coinage. The Greek royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ is divided on either side of the lyre in two vertical columns, identifying the issuing monarch as King Antiochos II Theos. The type directly references Apollo, the divine patron of the Seleucid dynasty, complementing the obverse portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (Translation: King Antiochos (II, Theos)) |
| Edge | Plain |
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