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Live auction - bgr_457645 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Tétradrachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Tétradrachme AU/AU
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Estimate : 950 €
Price : 620 €
Maximum bid : 620 €
End of the sale : 12 December 2017 14:21:43
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Alexandre. Joli revers à l’usure superficielle. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la LIVE AUCTION 1005, n° 44 et de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier Balas à droite, avec une pointe naissante de barbe, entourée de la stemma.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus nicéphore trônant à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite le couronnant et un sceptre long de la gauche ; une petite corne d’abondance dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ALEXANDROU/ QEOPATOROS/ EUERGETOU// (PR)/ GXR.
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre de naissance divine évergète).

Commentary


Ce type avec le monogramme placé sous la corne d’abondance semble plus rare.

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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