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Live auction - bgr_394226 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Dichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Dichalque AU/AU
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 450 €
Maximum bid : 750 €
End of the sale : 28 June 2016 14:38:15
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 168-164 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche du Callirhoe (Édesse), Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête radiée d’Antiochus IV. Joli revers de style fin. Très jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Arthur Houghton (CSE. 894, pl. 52) et de la collection François Charrin

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée et diadémée d’Antiochus IV à droite, entourée d’un grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus debout de face, tourné à gauche, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : ANTIOCEWN/ TWN/ EPI KA-LLIROHI/ (SE).
Reverse translation : (Antioche près de Callirhoe).

Commentary


Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage d’Arthur Houghton, Coins of Seleucid Empire,ACNAC. 4, New York, 1983, p. 91, n° 894, pl. 52.

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES

(175-164 BC)

Antiochus IV was the youngest son of Antiochus III. He had been sent to Rome as a hostage after the Peace of Apamea. He fought the Egyptians, ravaged the Temple of Jerusalem and won several victories over Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC).

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