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Tetradrachm - Antiochos I Soter Sardes
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 276 BC - 272 BC |
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| Weight | 17.09 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of Antiochos I Soter facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with fine naturalistic detail. The king is depicted youthful and clean-shaven, with flowing wavy hair swept back from the brow and secured by a royal diadem, the ends of which fall behind the neck. The portrait displays high relief modeling characteristic of early Seleucid coinage struck at Sardes, with strong facial features and a commanding profile. The field is otherwise plain, with no legend on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Apollo Delphios seated left in three-quarter view upon a broad omphalos, his nude figure rendered with elegant Hellenistic classicism. The god holds a strung bow in his left hand and rests his right hand upon the omphalos at his side. A monogram appears in the left field. The vertical royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ is inscribed in two columns flanking the seated deity, identifying the issuer as King Antiochos. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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