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Tetradrachm - Antiochos VIII Epiphanes
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 121 BC - 113 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Antiochos VIII — nicknamed Grypus, "hook-nose," by contemporaries — came to power after a prolonged dynastic war against his half-brother Antiochos IX that fractured the Seleucid realm permanently. His reign from 121 BC represents the beginning of the end for the dynasty, as the empire contracted to little more than a strip of Syrian territory. These tetradrachms were struck at multiple mints, and the series shows considerable variation in die style and control marks that specialists use to sequence the issues chronologically.