bgr_228949 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Tetrachalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Tetrachalque XF

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Type : Tetrachalque

Date: c. 170-168 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche ou Égypte, Alexandrie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 33,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 44,30 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et très épais. Beau portrait. Usure superficielle au revers. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

CSE.120 - SMA.59 - B.- - Spaer980 - BMC.42 - GC.6985 - MP.238 - Sv.1416

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 34, n° 276 et de MONNAIES 41, n°288

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus (Sérapis) à droite.

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

Poids lourd. 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..

Historical background

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES

(175-164 BC)

Antiochus IV was the youngest son of Antiochus III. He had been sent to Rome as a hostage after the Peace of Apamea. He fought the Egyptians, ravaged the Temple of Jerusalem and won several victories over Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC).

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bgr_228949 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Tetrachalque

Obverse

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Commentary

Historical background

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES

(175-164 BC)

Antiochus IV was the youngest son of Antiochus III. He had been sent to Rome as a hostage after the Peace of Apamea. He fought the Egyptians, ravaged the Temple of Jerusalem and won several victories over Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC).

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