v51_0281 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IX CYZICENUS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 51 (2011)
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 860.00 €
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 860.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 96-95 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,62 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large pour ce type, bien centré des deux côtés avec une usure superficielle. Beau portrait inhabituel d’Antiochus IX. Joli revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Weil de juin 2004
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Antiochus IX à droite, entourée de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nicéphore, nu jusqu’à la ceinture assis à gauche, tenant une petite Niké de la main droite qui le couronne et un long sceptre de la main gauche ; le tout dans une couronne.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// FILO-PATOROS/ (EL)/ A/ (DI)
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus qui aime son père).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Sur cet exemplaire, au droit, la tête du roi est imberbe et au revers la couronne de la Niké est pointée. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection Weber, Hirsch XXI, 1908, n° 4131, pl. LIV et que l’exemplaire représenté dans l’ouvrage de Hoover, HGCS. 9/1232, p. 252.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. On this example, on the obverse, the king's head is beardless and on the reverse the Nike crown is pointed. Same obverse die as the example in the Weber collection, Hirsch XXI, 1908, no. 4131, pl. LIV and as the example represented in Hoover's work, HGCS. 9/1232, p. 252
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. On this example, on the obverse, the king's head is beardless and on the reverse the Nike crown is pointed. Same obverse die as the example in the Weber collection, Hirsch XXI, 1908, no. 4131, pl. LIV and as the example represented in Hoover's work, HGCS. 9/1232, p. 252
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IX CYZICENUS
(113-95 BC)
Fourth reign
Antiochus IX, the son of Antiochus VII and Cleopatra Thea, was raised in Cyzicus, hence his nickname. His half-brother, Antiochus VIII, tried to assassinate him in 116 BC and the next twenty years were one continuous series of civil wars. Antioch will be taken and retaken four times. Antiochus, who takes the title of king and Philopator (one who loves his father) in 113 BC, married Cleopatra who was murdered by his own sister, Cleopatra Tryphemus, wife of Antiochus VIII. The following year, when he took over Antioch, Antiochus IX had his sister-in-law executed in revenge. A truce is signed the following year; it will last five years. The fratricidal war resumed in 106 BC, Antiochus VIII was assassinated in 96 BC and his eldest son Seleucus VI succeeded him. The following year, Antiochus IX, defeated, kills himself so as not to fall alive into the hands of his nephew, a beautiful family story.
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