v43_0259 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine gris foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite.
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.
Reverse legend : [BA]SILEWS// ALEXANDROU// QEOPATOROS// EUERGETOU// (HG)
Reverse translation : (Roi Alexandre divin évergète).
Commentary
Poids léger. La marque à l’exergue du revers est peu visible.
Lightweight. The brand on the exergue of the reverse is barely visible.
Lightweight. The brand on the exergue of the reverse is barely visible.
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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