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Chalkon - Antiochos IV
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 175 BC - 163 BC |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of Antiochos IV facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with fine facial detail. The diadem, a symbol of royal authority, is tied behind the neck with trailing ends. The portrait occupies the central field of this small, serrate bronze flan, with the surface now heavily patinated from prolonged circulation and burial. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Apollo, the divine patron of the Seleucid dynasty, depicted seated left upon the omphalos, the sacred navel-stone of Delphi. The deity holds an arrow in his extended right hand and rests his left arm upon a bow, with an aplustre — a naval trophy device — visible to the left of the figure. The royal legend BAΣIΛEΩS ANTIOXOY is disposed around the type, identifying the issuer as King Antiochos IV. The composition reflects the standard Seleucid iconographic program affirming dynastic and divine legitimacy. |
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| Reverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Translation: King Antiochos (IV)) |
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