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bgr_722793 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque XF
240.00 €(Approx. 259.20$ | 206.40£)
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Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 151-149 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain, Syrie du Nord
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus assis à gauche tenant un aigle et un sceptre long.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALEXANDROU.
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre).

Commentary


Serratus.

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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