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Dichalkon - Demetrios II Nikator Antioch
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 129 BC - 125 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the goddess of victory, advancing left in flowing drapery, holding a victor's wreath in her extended right hand and a palm branch in her left. To the left field, a bunch of grapes appears as a mint control symbol, accompanied by a single Greek letter serving as a secondary control mark. The composition is framed by a continuous beaded border, with the royal legend distributed in the field around the figure. |
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Demetrios II ruled twice — an unusual circumstance even by Seleucid standards. His first reign ended when he was captured by the Parthians around 139 BC and held for nearly a decade. Released in 129 BC following the catastrophic death of Antiochos VII Sidetes at the Battle of the Ecbatana river, he returned to reclaim Syria only to face immediate dynastic civil war, eventually dying in 125 BC during a failed attempt to retake Egypt. These bronzes were struck entirely within that turbulent second reign, a four-year window of near-constant military and political crisis.