Didrachm - Diodotos Tryphon Byblus
© 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, LebanonComments
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
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (140 BC - 138 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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