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Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. Zeus Nikephoros Tetradrachm of Damascus.
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Seleukids. Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.53 gm, 28.1mm, 1h) Damascus, 121 BC. Jugate diademed busts right. / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left, holding Nike & sceptre. ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ | ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. ѦΡ to left, ѦΡ below throne, and ΒꟼΡ (SE 192) in ex. VF. CNG 51 #544. Ex-Russel Bement Jr. Coll. Same obv. die: SC 2267.2a; ACNAC Dewing #2628; Newell LSM 87 = ANS Mantis 1944.100.75457; BnF De Clercq 231; BMC 3; DCA 253. HGC 9 #1182e; SNG Spaer 2491. cf. Houghton CSE I #848 (same obv. die, ѦΙ under throne).
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