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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1783135, member: 42773&quot;]Haha guys, thanks for egging me on!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After scouring Wildwinds, Coinproject, and acsearch, I&#039;m convinced this coin is a bilepton minted in Tyre, belonging to Antiochus IV, or V. A picture is worth a thousand words, so here it is. All these coins are within tolerance of mine: 13-14mm, 2g., give or take a tenth gram. I think it&#039;s obvious at first glance that my coin belongs somewhere in this family...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s14.postimg.org/fp70nxtw1/antiochii.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1. The tree is a date palm, with two dates hanging from the base of the lowest branches. The date palm type appears exclusively on Tyrian provincial issues.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. I found a bilepton of Antiochus III (the last coin pictured in his group) with an anepigraphic reverse, but Antiochus III is portrayed as an adult on all the coins of his that I examined.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3. His son, Antiochus IV, is generally portrayed as a younger man even though he ruled at an older age span than his father. The first coin in his group is closer to mine: younger portrait/date palm/no legend.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4. Antiochus V was allowed to rule by the Seleucid senate from the ages of 9 to 11, under a regent, after his parents were killed in Parthia. His coins all portray him as a boy - see the silver issue in his group for a representative example. I found one bilepton of this type issued under his authority, and we know the coin was struck during his reign because it&#039;s dated.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m leaning heavily toward attributing my coin to Antiochus V because we know the type exists under his reign, and the portrait on my coin looks like a young boy. But I believe Antiochus IV is also a possibility.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That&#039;s the best I can do for now, but I&#039;m going to keep my eyes peeled for more examples of the type. I suppose it&#039;s bad form to buy a coin and then try to figure out what you bought, huh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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