Live auction - bgr_385839 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 April 2016 14:18:55 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec un superbe portrait bien venu à la frappe et un joli revers, un peu court sur l’exergue. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection F.L.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite, entourée d’un grènetis perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu assis à gauche sur l’omphalos, appuyé de la main droite sur son arc et tenant une flèche de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, symbole.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALEXANDROU// QEOP-ATOROS// EUERGET[OU]// (RLI)
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre divin évergète).
Commentary
Pour l’atelier d’Antioche, les monnaies datées ne sont connues que pour les années 163 et 164.
For the Antioch mint, dated coins are only known for the years 163 and 164
For the Antioch mint, dated coins are only known for the years 163 and 164
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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