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Tetradrachm - Eunikos
| Issuer | Antioch ad Meandrum |
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| Year | 90 BC - 60 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed curling hair and a full, voluminous beard composed of tightly clustered locks. The portrait displays a strong, commanding profile characteristic of late Hellenistic die-cutting traditions. The hair is bound by a laurel wreath, with individual leaves clearly articulated. The field is plain, and the flan is bordered by a beaded inner circle. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Antioch ad Maeandrum was a small Lydian city whose autonomous coinage was struck in the shadow of Rome's reorganization of Asia following the defeat of Mithridates VI. The magistrate name Eunikos places this issue within a civic series produced while the city navigated the political disruptions of the First Mithridatic War and its aftermath — a period when many Asian mints temporarily ceased production entirely. That Antioch continued striking at tetradrachm weight during these decades reflects a degree of local commercial continuity unusual for a city of its modest standing.