Antiochos and the Elephant gold The imagery does not assert

The imagery does not assert

This powerful pendant features a silver stater struck in Thebes

heirloom frame

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accented with two aquamarines and a sapphire

Antiochos and the Elephant gold The imagery does not assertThis silver drachm was struck under Antiochos III, called the Great, one of the most ambitious rulers of the Hellenistic world. The obverse shows the diademed head of the king in refined Hellenistic style, an idealized portrait of royal authority. On the reverse, a powerful elephant strides forward, accompanied by the inscription (of King Antiochos). Struck in Apameia on the Orontes a strategic Seleukid stronghold in modern Syria the coin embodies