bgr_287726 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque
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Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 150-149 AC.
Mint name / Town : Apamée, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 6,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier. Beau portrait d’Alexandre Ier. Joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Alexandre Ier coiffé de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à gauche, appuyé de la main droite sur son arc et tenant une flèche de la main gauch.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALE-XANDROU/ (DK)
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre).
Commentary
Poids léger. Il semble bien que cet exemplaire soit plutôt frappée à Apamée plutôt qu’à Antioche.
Lightweight. It seems that this example was minted in Apamea rather than Antioch.
Lightweight. It seems that this example was minted in Apamea rather than Antioch.
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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