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Tetradrachm In the name of Antiochus VII
| Issuer | Kings of Cappadocia |
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| Year | 101 BC - 100 BC |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Antiochus VII facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with youthful, idealized features. The hair is elaborately styled with flowing, wavy locks swept back from the brow and falling behind the neck. A royal diadem with billowing ends is tied around the head. The portrait is strongly modeled with high relief, characteristic of late Seleucid die engraving. The field is plain, with no legend on the obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Ariarthes IX of Cappadocia struck coins in the name of Antiochus VII Sidetes decades after that Seleucid king's death — a deliberate dynastic legitimization strategy rooted in the marriage alliance between the Cappadocian and Seleucid royal houses. By the time this tetradrachm was struck around 101–100 BC, Antiochus VII had been dead for roughly three decades, killed in 129 BC during his disastrous Parthian campaign. Invoking his name was political theater, not error.