Live auction - bgr_409460 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 411 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 May 2017 14:16:30 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Dichalque
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Apamée de l’Axios, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type monétaire sur un flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Alexandre Ier Bala. Revers de haut relief, finement détaillé. Magnifique patine vert noir. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection David Freedman, Triton V,CNG, janvier 2002, n° 557 et de la collection François Charrin
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nu jusqu’à la ceinture debout à gauche, tenant un casque macédonien de la main droite tendue et un scptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : APAMEWN/ GER/ (PAFR)
Reverse translation : (d’Apamée/ an 163).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage d’Oliver Hoover (HGCS. 9, n° 904, mais réduit en diamètre).
This specimen is illustrated in Oliver Hoover's work (HGCS. 9, no. 904, but reduced in diameter)
This specimen is illustrated in Oliver Hoover's work (HGCS. 9, no. 904, but reduced in diameter)
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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