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Dichalkon - Antiochos II Sardes
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 261 BC - 246 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic style with finely detailed hair bound by a laurel wreath. The portrait displays characteristic idealized features of the god, with a straight nose and slightly parted lips. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered bronze issues of the Seleucid mint at Sardes. No legend appears on the obverse, the deity's identity conveyed entirely through iconography. |
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| Reverse description | A Delphic tripod with cauldron occupies the central field, rendered in a schematic but recognizable manner with three legs and a bowl surmounted by a ring handle. The monogram of HAP appears to the left of the tripod, and the mint-mark ΜΙΛ is positioned to the right. The Greek royal legend BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY runs around the periphery. An anchor symbol, the dynastic emblem of the Seleucid house, is placed in the exergue below the tripod. |
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| Mintage | ND (261 BC - 246 BC) |
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