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bgr_1104777 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque VF
90.00 €(Approx. 100.80$ | 75.60£)
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Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 150-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Alexandre Ier à droite, coiffé du casque béotien.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké drapée debout à gauche, couronnant le nom d’Alexandre de la main droite tendue et tenant une palme de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un épi.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ BASILEWS
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre).

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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