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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 138-129 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mésopotamie ou Cilicie,Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,01 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Antiochus VII. Joli revers de style fin à l’usure superficielle. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Berk du 2 septembre 2009, de la LIVE AUCTION 1008, n° 79 (bgr_394238), de l’INTERNET AUCTION 1016, n° 38 (bgr_409461) et de la collection François Charrin
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Antiochus VII à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké volant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite coupant la légende et tenant les plis de son vêtement de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EUE-RGETOU/ (RH)/ D
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus évergète).
Commentary
Ce type semble très rare. Il était précédemment attribué à l’atelier d’Antioche, parfois donné à l’atelier de Tarse. Il faut plutôt y voir un atelier incertain (mint du classement de Houghton et Lorber).
This type seems very rare. It was previously attributed to the Antioch mint, sometimes given to the Tarsus mint. It should rather be considered an uncertain mint (mint of the Houghton and Lorber classification)
This type seems very rare. It was previously attributed to the Antioch mint, sometimes given to the Tarsus mint. It should rather be considered an uncertain mint (mint of the Houghton and Lorber classification)
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES
(138-129 BC)
Antiochus VII was the second son of Demetrius I and the brother of Demetrius II Nicator. His nickname Sidetes comes from the city of Side, where he was raised. He married his sister-in-law Cleopatra, the daughter of Ptolemy VI, after eliminating Tryphon who had had Antiochus VI Dionysus assassinated. During his reign, he had to fight against the Jews who had emancipated themselves and refused to pay tribute, and against his powerful Parthian neighbors who had captured his brother, Demetrius II Nicator. Defeated by the Parthians of Phraates II (138-127 AC.), he died during a brawl and left a son, the future Antiochus IX Cyzicene.
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