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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4615553, member: 96635"]Great coin and nice write up [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a hemidrachm from Antiochos VI with a panther holding a broken spear in his mouth. Antiochos VI was known as Dionysos Epiphanos, the Manifested Dionysos, hence the connection with the panther on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://leunumismatik.com/source/images/auction/20/01072q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Antiochos VI Dionysos, 144-142 B.C. AR Hemidrachm (15 mm, 1.80 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes mint.</b> </p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI Dionysos to right. <i>Rev.</i> </p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ Panther standing left, right foreleg raised, holding broken spear in mouth; above, ΣTA. </p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 2004.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4615553, member: 96635"]Great coin and nice write up [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] I have a hemidrachm from Antiochos VI with a panther holding a broken spear in his mouth. Antiochos VI was known as Dionysos Epiphanos, the Manifested Dionysos, hence the connection with the panther on the reverse. [IMG]https://leunumismatik.com/source/images/auction/20/01072q00.jpg[/IMG] [B]Antiochos VI Dionysos, 144-142 B.C. AR Hemidrachm (15 mm, 1.80 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes mint.[/B] [B]Obverse:[/B] Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI Dionysos to right. [I]Rev.[/I] [B]Reverse:[/B] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ Panther standing left, right foreleg raised, holding broken spear in mouth; above, ΣTA. [B]Reference:[/B] SC 2004.[/QUOTE]
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