Seleukid Coins
Cited Coins of Antiochos VI
Cited in description of coin A06-AE-01:
| Mint: | Antioch on the Orontes |
| Period: | 144 - 142 BC |
| Denomination: | AE Serrated Unit |
| Weight: | 7.22 g |
| Diameter: | |
| Obverse: | Diademed, radiate head of Antiochos VI right wreathed with ivy; dotted border |
| Reverse: | ‘[Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ’ in two lines above, ‘[Ε]ΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ[Σ] [ΔΙ]ΟΝΥ[ΣΟΥ]’ in two lines below (“of King Antiochos, the Manifest Dionysos”); elephant walking left, holding torch in raised trunk; ‘ΣΤΑ’ above star in right field |
| Die Position: | 0º |
| References: | Houghton, CSE, 249-250; Hunterian Coll. III, p. 76, No. 38; SNG Spaer, 1774-1776 |
| Source: | Photo courtesy of Gorny & Mosch – Auction 160 (October 9, 2007), Lot 1640 |