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A bronze coin of the Seleucid Antiochos VII with a bust of Eros and Isis's headdress. Coin Type: Bronze AE19 of the Seleucid Antiochos VII, 138-129 BCE
Date: Perhaps -130s BCE (part of the date on the coin is unreadable)
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 4.7g
Obverse: Diademed and winged bust of Eros right.
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY EYEPΓETOY
Head-dress of Isis on two ears of corn and a crescent; date below.
Exergue: ?ΠP (the date)
Provenance: Gerhard Rohde (Vcoins), May 2007
Ref: GCV 7098 var; SNG Spaer 1934?
BW Ref: 001 031 109
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