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Dichalkon - Antiochos VIII Antioch
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 113 BC - 111 BC |
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| Weight | 5.2 g |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing left on a thunderbolt, wings closed, with a long royal scepter visible in the background field to the right. A date or control mark appears in the exergue. The Greek royal legend is disposed in two vertical columns flanking the eagle, reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, identifying the ruler as King Antiochos Epiphanes (VIII Gryphos). |
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| Mint | Antioch on the Orontes |
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Antiochos VIII Grypos spent much of his reign in open civil war against his half-brother Antiochos IX Kyzikenos, a conflict that fractured the Seleucid realm and left multiple mints operating intermittently under contested authority. This bronze issue falls within the early phase of that struggle, before the fighting had fully destabilized Antioch's mint output. The Spaer collection references covering this type span a notably wide die range, suggesting relatively sustained production during a window of political consolidation Grypos briefly managed in Syria.