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bgr_444252 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS Hemidrachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS Hemidrachme AU/XF
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 109-108 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Très jolie tête d’Antiochus VII sur un aussi petit flan. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
BMC.98  - SMA.393  - CSE.338  - Spaer2537  - GC.7151  - HGCS. 9/1210 (R2) - SC. 2/2305  - B.1430
Predigree :
Cette monnaie a été acquise en 2002, provient de la LIVE AUCTION 1006n° 46 (bgr_391935), de l’INTERNET AUCTION 1015, n° 39 (bgr_391465) et de la collection François Charrin

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Antiochus VIII à droite ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké volant à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant une couronne de la main droite tendue et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU/ EPI-FANOUS.

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS

(121-96 BC)

Fourth Reign

Antiochus VIII with the long nose (grypos) is the eldest son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. After a regency between 125 and 121 BC with his mother, whom he ended up poisoning before being assassinated himself, he had to fight for twenty years against his half-brother Antiochus IX Cyzicene (of Cyzicus) . Antioch had to be retaken four times. Antiochus reigned there from 121 to 113, then in 112 and 111, from 111 to 109, finally from 108 to 96 BC. Antiochus VIII was assassinated by his son Seleucus VI who also killed his uncle Antiochus IX before being himself eliminated by Antiochus X, son of Antiochus IX in 94 BC, a beautiful family story.

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