Silver Tetradrachm, Antiochus IV, Epiphanes, 215-164 BCE, Seleucid king

Antiochus IV, Epiphanes, 215-164 BCE,

Seleucid king.

Silver tetradrachm.

Obverse, Antiochus IV

Reverse, omphalos means the navel-center-of the world, where the Oracle of

Delphi, associated with Apollo, was supposedly

located.

His Jewish persecutions

sparked the Maccabee rebellion of Chanukka.

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