Description: OBVERSE: DIADEMED HEAD OF PHILIP I RIGHT WITHIN FILLET BORDER.REVERSE: ZEUS ENTHRONED AND HOLDING LONG SCEPTRE IN LEFT HAND, THE GODDESS NIKE STANDING IN ZEUS' OSTRETCHED RIGHT PALM AND OFFERING TO HIM A LAUREL WREATH; GREEK LEGEND VERTICALLY FLANKING, LAUREL WREATH SURROUNDING.THE SELEUCID DYNASTY HAD BEEN EMBROILED IN A DEVASTATING CIVILWAR, WHICH HAD CLAIMED MANY DYNASTIC RELATIONS AND REDUCED THE ONCE GREAT AD GLORIOUS LINE TO LOCAL SUB-DYNASTIES AND NUMEROUS RIVAL CLAIMANTS.PHILP'S RULE CAME TO AN END WHEN TIGRANES "THE GREAT" OF ARMENIA CONQUERED SYRIA IN 83 BC (PLACING THE DATE OF THIS COIN MOST PROBABLY BETWEEN 95-83 BC).CONTAINS 15.37 GRAMS OF SILVER28 MM IN DIAMETER
Price: 325 USD
Location: Livermore, Colorado
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Certification: NGC
Year: 95 BC
Era: Ancient
Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
Composition: Silver
