Live auction - bgr_1046262 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 26 August 2025 14:26:00 |
Type : Drachme
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, centré à l’usure plus marquée au revers qu’au droit. Belle tête d’Alexandre. Frappe un peu molle au revers
Catalogue references :
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, une petite corne d’abondance placé verticalement ; date et monogramme à l’exergue.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALEXANDROU// QEOPA-TOROS// EUERGETOU// GXP.(HARKD)
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre divin évergète).
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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