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Didrachm - Diodotos Tryphon Byblus

Didrachm - Diodotos Tryphon (Byblus) - obverseDidrachm - Diodotos Tryphon (Byblus) - reverse

© Michel Monteiro

Features

Issuer Seleucid Empire (Seleucid Empire (305 BC - 64 BC))
King Diodotos Tryphon (140 BC - 138 BC)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 140 BC - 138 BC
Value Didrachm (2)
Currency Drachm
Composition Billon
Weight 2.7 g
Diameter 13.4 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
341346
References SCO# 1.2044
Seleucid Coins Online (http://numismatics.org/sco/)

Obverse

Diademed and draped bust of Tryphon right

Reverse

Six-winged Cronos-El left, crescent enclosing globule above head, holding Waas scepter (Egyptian scepter) in right hand.
Module B ou C (SC)

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑCΙΛΕWC TPYΦΩNOC

Translation: King Tryphon

Mint

Byblos, modern-day Jbeil, Lebanon

Comments

Seleucid Coins. A Comprehensive Catalogue. Part II. Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII. 2 vol. [Texte imprimé] / par A. Houghton, C.C. Lorber et O.D. Hoover. - Lancaster-Londres, 2008, n° 2044.

https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41819551n

Seleucid Coins Online: http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2044

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (140 BC - 138 BC) 

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