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Tetradrachm - Alexander I Balas Sidon
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 151 BC - 146 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of Alexander I Balas in right profile, rendered in the Hellenistic royal portrait style with finely modelled curling hair secured by a diadem. The effigy displays strong, idealized facial features characteristic of Seleucid royal portraiture, with a prominent nose and defined jawline. The bust is lightly draped at the truncation. The entire design is set within a circle of beads forming the border. |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing left on prow of galley, with wings closed and a palm frond over its right shoulder, a classic Phoenician numismatic type derived from Ptolemaic coinage. The Seleucid era date appears in the left field, while the mint signature ΣΙΔΩ and an aphlaston appear in the right field above and below respectively. The royal legend runs along the upper and lower periphery of the field in two lines of Greek script. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | ΣΙΔΩ Sidon, Phoenicia, modern-day Sidon, Lebanon |
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