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Tetradrachm - Antiochos XIII Philadelphos
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 69 BC - 64 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left upon a high-backed throne, his draped lower body rendered in flowing folds; he extends his right hand forward to present a figure of Nike, and holds a tall sceptre vertically in his left hand. The throne is supported by a decorated leg visible beneath the drapery. A Greek royal legend in two lines surrounds the field on the left and right, enclosed within a dotted border. The composition follows the standard Seleucid reverse type derived ultimately from the coinage of Seleukos I. |
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| Mintage | ND (69 BC - 64 BC) |
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Antiochos XIII was the last Seleucid king in any meaningful sense — placed on the throne by Lucullus in 69 BC as a Roman client after decades of dynastic chaos, he ruled a rump state barely extending beyond Antioch. His reign ended when Pompey arrived in Syria in 64 BC and simply dissolved the kingdom, judging the Seleucid house too weak and too fractious to serve even as a useful buffer against Parthia. This tetradrachm was struck during that terminal episode, making it among the final products of a mint tradition stretching back to Alexander.