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Octassaria - Philippus II Antioch
| Issuer | Antioch on the Orontes |
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| Year | 247-249 |
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| Weight | 16.25 g |
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| Reverse description | Turreted and veiled bust of the Tyche of Antioch draped and facing right, surmounted by a leaping ram with its head turned back to the left, a device emblematic of the zodiacal sign of Aries associated with Antioch. A star appears in the exergue beneath a ground line. The reverse legend, rendered in Greek, encircles the type and includes the city ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ with the honorific titles ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ and the value mark Δ ɛ S C denoting the octassarion denomination. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ Δ ɛ S C |
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