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Tetradrachm - Alexander I Balas Antiochia on the Orontes
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 148 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Nikephoros seated left upon a throne, his upper body nude and his lower body draped, holding a Nike (winged Victory) in his extended right hand and a long scepter vertically in his left. The god's eagle-headed scepter rises prominently to the right of the figure. The royal Greek legend is arranged in two vertical columns flanking the central figure, reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ on the right and ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ on the left, with the date control mark ΕΞΡ (Seleucid year 165, corresponding to 148 BC) inscribed in the exergue below. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | 165 (148 BC) EΞP |
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