SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 15.50 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi on horseback riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY, monogram, and ΣTA; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.1c; SMA 239; HGC 9, 1032. Toned, underlying luster, some die wear on obverse. EF. Wonderful details.
