Dichalkon - Kokos

Apameia on the Orontes was among the most strategically vital cities in Seleucid Syria — founded by Seleucus I and named for his Bactrian wife — serving as the dynasty's primary military depot and elephant training ground. By the time this bronze was entering circulation, the Seleucid grip on the region was fracturing under Roman pressure and dynastic civil wars, leaving civic mints like Apameia increasingly responsible for supplying everyday coinage on their own authority. The "Kokos" identifier in the HGC references a magistrate's name appearing on the die, a practice Apameia maintained through the late autonomous period.