ANTIOCHOS IV AR DRACHM
SC 1403, HGC 9, 6264, Very Fine, porosity, 18.2mm, 3.74 grams, Antioch on the Orontes mint, Struck Circa. 175 - 164 B.C.E.
Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand upon bow set on ground, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOΥ to right, ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ to left
A bit grainy but a NICE portrait and quite decent weight!
Antiochos IV Epiphanes was the oppressive king of the Chanukah story.
