Struck during the reign of Antiochos VII Euergetes Sidetes, this bronze coin circulated through the markets and streets of a hard fought Hellenistic world.
It passed between merchants weighing goods, soldiers on campaign, and families buying daily necessities across the Seleukid Empire. This was everyday money, small and familiar in the hand.
Someone once relied on this exact type of coin during an ordinary moment more than two thousand years ago.
Their world vanished. The bronze remains.
You will receive the exact coin pictured.
Who held this before?
Picture the Seleukid world in its last fight for survival. Cities scarred by war. Armies marching against impossible odds. Hope flares briefly as a strong king rises when few believed one could.
This bronze coin once mattered during that final revival. It may have paid a soldier fighting to reclaim lost lands from eastern invaders.
It could have bought food for a family daring to believe stability might return. Perhaps a merchant accepted it with cautious hope, sensing the empire’s last chance.
Antiochos VII nearly restored the Seleukid realm before dying in battle. This coin passed through hands shaped by courage, desperation, and belief in a future that never came.
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Struck during the reign of Antiochos VII Euergetes Sidetes, this bronze coin circulated through the markets and streets of a hard fought Hellenistic world.
It passed between merchants weighing goods, soldiers on campaign, and families buying daily necessities across the Seleukid Empire. This was everyday money, small and familiar in the hand.
Someone once relied on this exact type of coin during an ordinary moment more than two thousand years ago.
Their world vanished. The bronze remains.
You will receive the exact coin pictured.
Who held this before?
Picture the Seleukid world in its last fight for survival. Cities scarred by war. Armies marching against impossible odds. Hope flares briefly as a strong king rises when few believed one could.
This bronze coin once mattered during that final revival. It may have paid a soldier fighting to reclaim lost lands from eastern invaders.
It could have bought food for a family daring to believe stability might return. Perhaps a merchant accepted it with cautious hope, sensing the empire’s last chance.
Antiochos VII nearly restored the Seleukid realm before dying in battle. This coin passed through hands shaped by courage, desperation, and belief in a future that never came.
