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Live auction - bgr_1161712 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Chalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Chalque XF
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Estimate : 200 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 25 August 2026 14:29:10
Type : Chalque
Date: an 166
Mint name / Town : Berytus Laodicée de Phénicie, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,34 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée et sable
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Alexandre Ier à droite ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse


Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION PHÉNICIENNE.
Reverse description : Astarté debout à gauche, le pied droit posé sur une proue, pointant un bâton de la main droite et tenant un gouvernail renversé de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS ALEXANDROU/ LA - (Ff)
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre/ appartenant à Laodicée mère en Canaan).

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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