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Tetradrachm - Antiochos VIII Epiphanes Gryphos Antioch mint
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 121 BC - 96 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Zeus Nikephoros facing left, draped and holding a sceptre in his left hand and a Nike (Victory) figure in his outstretched right hand. The deity stands on a base or podium, and the entire composition is enclosed within a wreath of laurel or olive. Control marks appear in the left field. The royal legend is arranged vertically on either side of the central figure in two columns of Greek text. |
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| Mint | Antioch |
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Antiochos VIII earned the nickname Gryphos — "Hook-nose" — from contemporaries, a rare case of an ancient epithet that was plainly physical rather than honorific. His reign was consumed by civil war against his half-brother Antiochos IX Kyzikenos, and the Antioch mint changed hands more than once during the conflict. Coins struck here in the later part of this issue's date range were produced by an administration fighting for its own survival.
The SCO 2298 attribution places this within a well-documented sequence, though die links across the series reveal that output was inconsistent — periods of heavy striking followed by apparent pauses that likely correspond to military disruptions along the Orontes valley.