E-auction 92-47215 - bgr_334327 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Tetrachalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Tetrachalque VF

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Estimate :	125 €
Price :	51 €
Maximum bid :	125 €
End of the sale :	19 January 2015 15:00:30
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : Tetrachalque

Date: c. 170-168 AC.

Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 32,70 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, à pans biseautés, à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

Laffaille572 - SMA.59 - HGCS. 9/643 - Spaer980 - SC.1413 - GC.6985 - MP.238 - Sv.1416 - CSE.118

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus (Sérapis) à droite, coiffé de la tainia et de la coiffe d’Osiris.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre.

Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU - QEOU/ EPIFANOUS// NIKHFOROU

Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus divin glorieux victorieux).

Commentary

Ce type est frappé au moment où Antiochus a envahi l’Égypte et serait frappé suivant les auteurs à Antioche, à Alexandrie ou à Péluse entre 170 et 168 avant J.-C..
This type was struck at the time when Antiochus invaded Egypt and would be struck according to the authors in Antioch, Alexandria or Pelusium between 170 and 168 BC.