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Tetradrachm - Demetrios II Nikator Sidon
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 128 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left, draped from the waist down, holding Nike in his outstretched right hand and a long sceptre in his left; the throne is rendered in detail with a footstool beneath. The mint letter ΣΙ (Sidon) appears below the throne, while the Seleucid era date EΠΡ (year 185 = 128 BC) and a control monogram are placed in the exergue. The royal legend runs along both sides of the field. |
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| Mint | Sidon |
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Demetrios II's second reign — he had been captured by the Parthians in 138 BC and held for nearly a decade before returning to reclaim the Seleucid throne — produced a burst of mint activity as he worked to reassert authority over a fragmented kingdom. Sidon was among the loyalist mints that struck for him promptly upon his return. His second reign ended in 125 BC when he was killed at Tyre, making the window for this issue narrow.