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Chalkon - Antiochos VI Ptolemais
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 144 BC - 142 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Radiate head of Antiochos VI facing right, depicted in the Dionysiac tradition with flowing hair adorned with rays, rendered in typical late Seleucid Hellenistic style. The portrait displays a youthful physiognomy consistent with the king's minority, with fine facial modelling despite the small module. A dotted border runs along the serrated edge of the flan. The field is largely plain, with the portrait occupying the majority of the design area. |
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| Reverse description | A horse standing to the right in the central field, depicted in a naturalistic Hellenistic style with careful attention to musculature and proportion. The Greek royal titulature is distributed around the type in two lines: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ appears above along the upper margin, while ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ is inscribed in two lines below the horse in the exergual area. The composition is framed by the characteristic serrated edge of the flan, and the overall layout reflects the standard Seleucid bronze coinage conventions of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ (Translation: King Antiochos Epiphanes Dionysos) |
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