Live auction - bgr_619044 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 1 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 160 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 14:26:23 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 166
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 14,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Superbe revers, bien venu à la frappe et aux détails bien visibles. Patine grise rehaussée par des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Alexandre Ier à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur la proue d'un navire tourné à gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, monogramme de Tyr, placé au-dessus d'une massue.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU - BASILEWS/ SQR/ TUR
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre/ an 166, Tyr).
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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