Seleucid Empire, Antiochus VI Dionysus, AE Unit

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: Antiochus VI Dionysus
• Date: 143 - 142 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit
• Mint: Antioch, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria
• Size: 21mm, 4.81g
• Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus VI right, wreathed with ivy
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONVΣOY - Elephant standing left, holding torch in raised trunk
• Notes: The Seleucid Empire was established by Seleucus I Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great, following the division of Alexander’s empire in 312 BCE. Centered in the Near East, it was a major Hellenistic state that blended Greek cultural and administrative practices with those of the diverse peoples it governed, spreading Hellenistic culture across a vast region from Anatolia to Central Asia.

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