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Seleucid Empire, Antiochus VI Epiphanes, Drachm

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Seleucid Empire, Antiochus VI Epiphanes, Drachm (obverse) Seleucid Empire, Antiochus VI Epiphanes, Drachm (reverse)

This drachm features the Seleucid ruler Antiochus VI (c. 145-142 BC) as sun god Helios: the sunrays are not attached to the diadem of the king, but arise directly from his head. This expresses that Antiochus did not want to be worshiped as Helios – but that he himself was Helios.

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