bgr_354421 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 138-129 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,71 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côté à l’usure régulière. Belle tête d’Antiochus VII. Revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets doés
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// EUER-GETOU/ (DI)/ A/ - A
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus évergète).
Commentary
Ce tétradrachme appartient à la troisième série de l’étude Lorber/Houghton avec un total de 63 coins de droit pour 105 tétradrachmes. Notre type est très proche du coin de droit (A3) avec deux exemplaires.
This tetradrachm belongs to the third series of the Lorber/Houghton study with a total of 63 obverse dies for 105 tetradrachms. Our type is very close to the obverse die (A3) with two examples
This tetradrachm belongs to the third series of the Lorber/Houghton study with a total of 63 obverse dies for 105 tetradrachms. Our type is very close to the obverse die (A3) with two examples
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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