v51_0273 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Drachme
MONNAIES 51 (2011)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
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Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 138-129 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Mésopotamie ou Cilicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers avec une usure superficielle sur Athéna. Très belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Parsy de mars 1996
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Antiochus VII à droite, entouré de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké volant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite coupant la légende et tenant les plis de son vêtement de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EU-ERGETOU/ Z/ O
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus évergète).
Commentary
Ce type semble très rare. Il était précédemment attribué à l’atelier d’Antioche, parfois donné à l’atelier de Tarse. Il faut plutôt y voir un atelier incertain (mint 108 du classement de Houghton et Lorber).
This type seems very rare. It was previously attributed to the Antioch mint, sometimes given to the Tarsus mint. It should rather be considered an uncertain mint (mint 108 of the Houghton and Lorber classification).
This type seems very rare. It was previously attributed to the Antioch mint, sometimes given to the Tarsus mint. It should rather be considered an uncertain mint (mint 108 of the Houghton and Lorber classification).
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES
(138-129 BC)
Antiochus VII was the second son of Demetrius I and the brother of Demetrius II Nicator. His nickname Sidetes comes from the city of Side, where he was raised. He married his sister-in-law Cleopatra, the daughter of Ptolemy VI, after eliminating Tryphon who had had Antiochus VI Dionysus assassinated. During his reign, he had to fight against the Jews who had emancipated themselves and refused to pay tribute, and against his powerful Parthian neighbors who had captured his brother, Demetrius II Nicator. Defeated by the Parthians of Phraates II (138-127 AC.), he died during a brawl and left a son, the future Antiochus IX Cyzicene.
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