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bgr_885027 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Hemichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Hemichalque XF
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Type : Hemichalque
Date: an 166
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
CSE.206  - BMC.56  - Spaer1477  - SC.1791  - HGCS. 9/919 (R2)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos à droite couronnée de lierre.

Reverse

Reverse description : Éléphant passant à 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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