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Antiochos XIII Asiatikos. Zeus Nikephoros Tetradrachm of Antioch.
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Seleukids. Antiochos XIII Asiatikos. 69/8-67 & 65/64 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.56 gm, 26.0mm, 1h) of Antioch on the Orontes. Diademed head right. / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre. Β⟑ΣΙΛΕΩΣ ⟑ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ | ΦΙΛ⟑ΔΕΛΦΟΥ. Monogram ⨝ with pellet to left, Ρ beneath throne. VF. CNG 66 #697. "One of only two known obv. dies". SC 2487b (this coin) = HGC 9 #1340; Houghton CSE I #400 (same obverse die); Newell SMA 461 (same); SNG Delepierre 2977 (same dies)-2978 (same obverse die). cf SNG Spaer 2919 (no P below throne, same obverse die). Cf. CNG 505 #268 (same obverse die).
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