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bgr_621634 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Tétradrachme
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Price : 650.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 181
Mint name / Town : Séleucie de Piérie, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré. Superbe portrait d’Antiochus VII. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Antiochus VII à droite, entouré de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore debout à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant une Niké de la main droite, une javeline et un bouclier de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EUERGETOU/ M// DOR
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus évergète).
Commentary
Ce type était attribué par E. Newell à l’atelier de Damas. Suivant H. Seyrig, les auteurs du Seleucid Coins préfèrent attribuer ce type à l’atelier de Séleucie de Piérie qui reçut l’asylie (inviolabilité) à cette occasion.
This type was attributed by E. Newell to the Damascus mint. According to H. Seyrig, the authors of the Seleucid Coins prefer to attribute this type to the mint of Seleucia Pieria, which received asylum (inviolability) on this occasion.
This type was attributed by E. Newell to the Damascus mint. According to H. Seyrig, the authors of the Seleucid Coins prefer to attribute this type to the mint of Seleucia Pieria, which received asylum (inviolability) on this occasion.
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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