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E-auction 681-723950 - bgr_830876 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque XF
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Estimate : 95 €
Price : 32 €
Maximum bid : 35 €
End of the sale : 04 May 2026 14:04:20
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Dichalque
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Apamée de l’Axios, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus nu jusqu’à la ceinture debout à gauche, tenant un casque macédonien de la main droite tendue et un scptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : APAMEWN/ GER/ (PAFR)
Reverse translation : (d’Apamée/ an 163).

Commentary


Exemplaire présentant une contremarque (branche de palmier) au revers devant Zeus sur la date.
example presenting a countermark (palm branch) on the reverse in front of Zeus on the date

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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