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Drachm - Tryphon Antioch
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 142 BC - 138 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bare diademed head of Tryphon facing right, with luxuriant, elaborately rendered flowing locks of curly hair framing the face and falling behind the neck. The portrait exhibits a distinctly idealized Hellenistic style with finely modeled facial features. A plain diadem is tied around the head, its ends trailing behind. The field is smooth, with no visible legend on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | An ornate Macedonian crested helmet depicted facing left, featuring a prominent spike at the apex and a wild goat's horn projecting forward over the visor, a distinctive emblem associated with Tryphon's royal iconography. The cheek-guards are rendered in detail. The royal legend is disposed in two lines to the right of the helmet, reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, translating as 'of King Tryphon, Autocrator.' A monogram appears to the left of the helmet in the field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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