MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 231.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 231.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 108-96 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe . Légèrement décentré au droit sur la stemma. Revers parfaitement centré, de haut relief et de joli style. Une jolie patine grise recouvre l’exemplaire avec des reflets dorés. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Antiochus VIII à droite, entourée de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nicéphore trônant à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANTIOCOU// EPIFANOUS// (RE)/ A/ (PR)
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus glorieux).
Commentary
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage. Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection Spaer (n° 2558, pl. 162 avec un thêta au revers) et que celui de la collection Houghton (CSE. 346, pl. 19) sans oublier celui de la collection Newell (SMA. 405, pl. XII).
An example of exceptional quality for this type of coinage. It appears to have the same obverse die as the example in the Spaer collection (no. 2558, pl. 162 with a theta on the reverse) and that of the Houghton collection (CSE. 346, pl. 19), not forgetting that of the Newell collection (SMA. 405, pl. XII).
An example of exceptional quality for this type of coinage. It appears to have the same obverse die as the example in the Spaer collection (no. 2558, pl. 162 with a theta on the reverse) and that of the Houghton collection (CSE. 346, pl. 19), not forgetting that of the Newell collection (SMA. 405, pl. XII).
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS
(121-96 BC)
Fourth Reign
Antiochus VIII with the long nose (grypos) is the eldest son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. After a regency between 125 and 121 BC with his mother, whom he ended up poisoning before being assassinated himself, he had to fight for twenty years against his half-brother Antiochus IX Cyzicene (of Cyzicus) . Antioch had to be retaken four times. Antiochus reigned there from 121 to 113, then in 112 and 111, from 111 to 109, finally from 108 to 96 BC. Antiochus VIII was assassinated by his son Seleucus VI who also killed his uncle Antiochus IX before being himself eliminated by Antiochus X, son of Antiochus IX in 94 BC, a beautiful family story.
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