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E-auction 199-128277 - bgr_287727 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque XF/VF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 52 €
Maximum bid : 69 €
End of the sale : 06 February 2017 14:01:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 150-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 6,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Droit inhabituel. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB en 1992

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Alexandre Ier à droite, coiffé du casque béotien.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké drapée debout à gauche, couronnant le nom d’Alexandre de la main droite tendue et tenant une palme de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un épi.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ BASILEWS.
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre).

Commentary


Type tout à fait inhabituel pour Démétrius Ier avec une tête casquée. Sur cet exemplaire, le ou les monogrammes ne sont pas visibles.

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS

(150-145 BC)

Alexander I Balas, who claimed to be the son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 AC.), succeeded Demetrius I Soter who was killed on the battlefield. He married Cleopatra Thea. With the help of Attalus II of Pergame (160-139 AC.) and Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 AC.), he managed to stay five years in Syria before being overthrown and massacred. Demetrius II succeeded him..

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