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LastDodo number
6254025
Area
Coins
Title
SYRIA - UNITED Seleucid - PHILIPE Philadelphus (93-83 BC) - Cilicia, Tarsus Tétradrachme AR. SUP. Rare.
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Gold- or silver content
Weight
16.16
Diameter
28 mm
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Obverse
Tête diadémée de Philippe Philadelphe à droite, entouré de la stemma .
Reverse
BASILEWS/ FILIPPOU/ EPIFANOUS/ FILADELFOU// P . Zeus nicéphore nu jusqu’à la ceinture assis à gauche sur un trône avec dossier, tenant une Niké de la main droite tendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
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Details

Type Rare R1 Cf: Spaer2807, SMA.448, SC.2459. Copy on an oval blank perfectly centered on both sides. Very beautiful portrait of Philippe Ier. Typing faults at the back of the neck. Nice reverse, high relief. Very nice gray patina from an old collection. Syria became a Roman province in 63 BC under the leadership of Pompey. This type of tetradrachm will then be taken up and copied by the Romans for the first provincial broadcasts.

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