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bgr_1078916 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme AU/AU
380.00 €(Approx. 425.60$ | 319.20£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Superbe portrait. Joli patine grise avec des reflets bleutés et dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite, entourée d’un grènetis perlé.

Reverse


Reverse description : Apollon nu assis à gauche sur l’omphalos, appuyé de la main droite sur son arc et tenant une flèche de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, une petite corne d’abondance placé verticalement ; date et monogramme à l’exergue.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALEXANDROU// QEOPA-TOROS// EUERGETOU// GXP.(HARKD)
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre divin évergète).

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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