Seleucid Kings, (114/3-95 BC)
Æ (bronze) (18 mm, 5.73 g, orientation 11 h)
Antioch on the Orontes, year 203 (110/9 BC)

• Obverse: Laureate head of Heracles facing right.

• Reverso: Athena Nikephoros (victory-bringer) standing to the left; to the outer left, monogram with a wheat stalk above.

• References: SC 2368.1b; HGC 9, 1250.

• Conservation status: VF - Good VF (Very Fine - Very Well Preserved).

Additional explanation: Antiochus IX

• Antiochus IX He was one of the kings of the Seleucid dynasty who ruled during times of internal conflict and dynastic struggles in the late Hellenistic period.

• The coin was minted in Antioch on the Orontes, one of the main cities of the Seleucid kingdom.

• The laurel-crowned head of Hercules (Heracles) symbolizes strength and heroism.

• Athena Nikephoros on the reverse depicts the goddess Athena as the bringer of victory, a common image to reflect military power and divine protection.

• The monogram and the wheat stalk on the reverse likely identify the mint or minting authority and may reflect the importance of agriculture or symbolic fertility.