bgr_851433 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Hemichalque
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Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Hemichalque
Date: an 166
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan épais et bien centré. Superbe revers finement détaillé. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos à droite couronnée de lierre.
Reverse
Reverse description : Éléphant passant à gauche.
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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