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bgr_885052 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dilepton

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dilepton XF
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Type : Dilepton
Date: an 164
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,09 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Portrait agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
CSE.-  - BMC.-  - Spaer1472  - SC.1790  - HGCS. 9/899 (R2)

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.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ BASILEWS.
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre.

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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