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E-auction 92-47215 - bgr_334327 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Tetrachalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Tetrachalque VF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 51 €
Maximum bid : 125 €
End of the sale : 19 January 2015 15:00:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 170-168 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 32,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, à pans biseautés, à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus (Sérapis) à droite, coiffé de la tainia et de la coiffe d’Osiris.

Reverse


Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU - QEOU/ EPIFANOUS// NIKHFOROU.
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus divin glorieux victorieux).

Commentary


Ce type est frappé au moment où Antiochus a envahi l’Égypte et serait frappé suivant les auteurs à Antioche, à Alexandrie ou à Péluse entre 170 et 168 avant J.-C..

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES

(175-164 BC)

Antiochus IV was the youngest son of Antiochus III. He had been sent to Rome as a hostage after the Peace of Apamea. He fought the Egyptians, ravaged the Temple of Jerusalem and won several victories over Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC).

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