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Tetradrachm - Antiochos I Soter Seleukeia on the Tigris
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 278 BC - 261 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of Antiochos I Soter facing right, portrayed in the Hellenistic royal portrait tradition with youthful, idealized features. The hair is rendered in thick, voluminous locks swept back from the forehead and secured by a royal diadem, the ends of which fall behind the neck. The portrait displays fine die-cutting in the Seleucid style, with smooth facial planes contrasted against the deeply modeled, wavy coiffure. The field is plain, and the coin is bordered by a faint dotted border at the rim. |
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| Reverse description | Apollo Delphios seated left on an omphalos, his body nude, with a chlamys draped over his left arm and thighs. He holds a bow in his left hand and extends his right hand forward, resting it upon the bow. An anchor, the dynastic symbol of the Seleucid house, is depicted in the lower right field, accompanied by a palm branch or laurel sprig. The two-line royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to the right and ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to the left of the central figure frames the composition, with control monograms appearing in the fields. The reverse is enclosed within a dotted border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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