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Tetradrachm - Antiochos XI Epiphanes Philadelphos
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 93 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left on a high-backed throne, his body draped, holding a small Nike figure in his outstretched right hand and a long upright scepter in his left. The composition follows the canonical Seleucid reverse type derived from the Antiochene tradition. The entire central design is enclosed within a wreath of laurel or olive. The royal titulature legend in Greek runs in two lines on either side of the enthroned deity within the wreath, with the epithet ΕPIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY identifying the king. |
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| Reverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY |
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Antiochos XI reigned for less than a year — killed in 93 BC after a military defeat against the Parthians near the Orontes river, during which he reportedly drowned attempting to flee. His coinage was struck at Antioch under conditions of dynastic collapse: he ruled jointly, and in rivalry, with his twin brother Philip I, both sons of Antiochos VIII, both pressing simultaneous claims to a Seleucid throne that neither would hold securely. The brevity of the reign makes any surviving issue scarce by default.