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Tetradrachm - Antiochus VII Antioch
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 138 BC - 129 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros stands facing left in full martial attire, wearing a crested Attic helmet and a long chiton with aegis, her right arm extended to support a shield resting on the ground and her left hand grasping a spear held upright. A small Nike figure perches on her outstretched right hand, presenting a wreath. The central figure is flanked on either side by vertical Greek legends reading BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to the right and EYEΡΓETOY to the left. The entire composition is enclosed within a wreath of laurel or olive branches that frames the field, with additional control marks visible in the lower field. |
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Antiochus VII Sidetes was the last Seleucid king to exercise genuine control over the eastern empire, including a brief but remarkable reconquest of Babylonia and Media from the Parthians beginning around 130 BC. His campaign initially succeeded where his predecessors had failed for decades — until a catastrophic defeat at the hands of Phraates II in 129 BC killed him in the field, effectively ending Seleucid power east of the Euphrates for good.
The Antioch mint was the empire's most prolific under his reign, producing the bulk of the coinage that funded those eastern campaigns.