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Live auction - bgr_381715 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Hemichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Hemichalque AU/AU
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Estimate : 450 €
Price : 280 €
Maximum bid : 500 €
End of the sale : 01 March 2016 14:19:17
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Hemichalque
Date: an 176
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 2,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Murphy (USA) en 2001, de la collection Arthur Houghton (CSE. 282) et de la collection François Charrin

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de lion à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Massue posée verticalement.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EUERGETOU/ D// sOR.
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus évergète).

Commentary


Type tout à fait inhabituel, présenté parfois comme une dénomination B ou C. Cet exemplaire est représenté dans l’ouvrage d’Arthur Houghton, Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, ACNAC, New York, 1983, p. 17, n° 282, pl. 16.

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES

(138-129 BC)

Antiochus VII was the second son of Demetrius I and the brother of Demetrius II Nicator. His nickname Sidetes comes from the city of Side, where he was raised. He married his sister-in-law Cleopatra, the daughter of Ptolemy VI, after eliminating Tryphon who had had Antiochus VI Dionysus assassinated. During his reign, he had to fight against the Jews who had emancipated themselves and refused to pay tribute, and against his powerful Parthian neighbors who had captured his brother, Demetrius II Nicator. Defeated by the Parthians of Phraates II (138-127 AC.), he died during a brawl and left a son, the future Antiochus IX Cyzicene.

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