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ID:     Seleucis_Pieria
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     SYRIA, SELEUCIS AND PIERIA
City:     Tetrapolis of Seleucis
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Ae 21
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     148 BC
Diameter:     21.8 mm
Weight:     7.78 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse Legend:     ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ ΔΗΜΩΝ / ΕΞΡ
Reverse Description:     ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ - ΔΗΜΩΝ either side of winged thunderbolt, monograms left and right, date ΕΞΡ in right field, above.
Date On Coin:     ΕΞΡ - Seleucid year 165 = 148 B.C.
Mint:     Seleukeia
Primary Reference:     Historia Numorum p.656
Photograph Credit:     ddwau
Special Comments:     The four sister cities of Antioch, Selucia, Apameia and Laodicia, all founded by Seleucus I, constituted at a later period a semi-autonomous tetrapolis, which for the space of about 20 years, from the reign of Alexander Bala to that of Antiochus VII, stru